borosilicate glass

type of glass with silica and boron trioxide as the main glass-forming constituents
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borosilicate glass

Summary

borosilicate glass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,386 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • borosilicate glass is credited with the discovery of Otto Schott[2].
  • borosilicate glass is made of silicon dioxide[3].
  • borosilicate glass is made of diboron trioxide[4].
  • borosilicate glass is made of sodium oxide[5].
  • borosilicate glass is made of potassium oxide[6].
  • borosilicate glass is made of aluminium oxide[7].
  • borosilicate glass is made of calcium oxide[8].
  • borosilicate glass is made of magnesium oxide[9].
  • borosilicate glass is a type of glass[10].
  • borosilicate glass's Commons category is recorded as Borosilicate glass[11].
  • borosilicate glass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borosilicate glass[12].
  • borosilicate glass's refractive index is recorded as {'amount': '+1.5'}[13].
  • borosilicate glass's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • borosilicate glass's different from is recorded as Pyrex[15].
  • borosilicate glass's different from is recorded as fluorosilicate glass[16].
  • borosilicate glass's density is recorded as {'amount': '+2.23'}[17].
  • borosilicate glass's thermal conductivity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.2'}[18].

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Definition and Type

borosilicate glass is a type of glass[10].

Why It Matters

borosilicate glass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,386 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Wsikik · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 19d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of glass
    Described by source Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Density {'amount': '+2.23'}
    Made from material silicon dioxide, diboron trioxide, sodium oxide +4
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q11469]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269766|batch #269766]]"
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