Solar glass can contain boron

Does boron affect glass surface properties?

As such understanding the impact of boron on glass surface properties is an ongoing challenge in the development of novel technical glasses. Prior work has shown that the behaviour of boron is often linked to its structural coordination environment—a fact well-established in bulk glass properties, but also observed with surface reactivity.

What is boron trioxide?

Because of the multi-functional benefits boron oxide brings to glass, boron trioxide (B 2 O 3) is commonly incorporated into a variety of glass applications, ranging from innovative academic research to century-long glass applications.

Did boron atoms play a role in non-crystalline solids?

In work published in the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, researchers from Corning Glass and La Trobe University used the Soft X-ray Spectroscopy beamline at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron to understand the role that the boron atoms played both in the bulk but more importantly also in the very surface of the glass.

Does Corning use boron?

As a result, boron has made numerous technical glasses possible, including our new Corning® Astra™ Glass, a glass substrate that enables extremely high pixel density for high-performance displays. But even though Corning appreciates the softer side of boron, we also keep coming back to it for its toughness.