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Encyclopedia > Cobalt blue glass
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Cobalt glass is a deep blue colored glass prepared by adding cobalt compounds to the molten glass. It is appreciated for its attractive color and is also used as an optical filter is such test as the flame test. The materials definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ... This article is on the periodic element. ... The term filter may refer to: A device to separate mixtures. ... The flame test carried out on a copper halide. ...


Some people collect objects made from cobalt glass, amassing large collections.

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Cobalt blue - history (331 words)
Although smalt, a pigment made from cobalt blue glass has been known at least since the Middle Ages, the cobalt blue established in the nineteenth century was a greatly improved one.
Thénard tried the blue in oil and gum media and by the time his report was published, the color had not changed after a two-month exposure test.
Cobalt blue was generally regarded as durable in the nineteenth century.
Cobalt Blue Glass Bottles (350 words)
We offer cobalt blue glass vials, Euro-Dropper glass bottles with orifice reducers, boston round shaped glass bottles, and several square shaped cobalt blue glass bottles and PET plastic bottles and jars.....
These Cobalt Blue glass bottles imported from Europe are finely crafted to receive their own polyethylene orifice reducer and over cap to solve the problem of a rubber bulb "melting" with certain essential oils.
These bottles are available in amber, cobalt blue and emerald green (5 ml, 10 ml, 15 ml 30 ml, 50 ml and 100 ml.) The bottles have a regulated inside diameter to fit with the orifice reducers and over caps made to go with these bottles.
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