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Query:

Subject: the difference between crystal and fused quartz

Date: Mon Jul 12 10:38:23 1999
Posted by Matthias
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Weston Aerosapce
City: Farnborough State/Province: HAmpshire Country: UK
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 931793903.Ch
Message:

I have been looking for some physical properties of quartz in 
data tables. Sometimes it says 'fused quartz' sometimes it says 
'crystal quartz'. Both is obviously SiO2, but the physical 
properties such as thermal expansion appear to be different, so 
what is the difference, what does 'fused' and 'crystal' mean?


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