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Destruction Of Glass Surfaces: Inevitable or preventable?
All surfaces are subjected to a weathering process that reduces their performance, damages their appearance and makes their maintenance increasingly difficult.
Protective systems are commonly specified for most materials used, such as metals. Unfortunately, in most cases there is still one material that is left unprotected: glass.
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WMC's in Glass Surface Protection
George Orwell would roll over in his grave. Double-speak has put on a new hat in the form of 'nano-speak', an esoteric breed of scientific jargon that has the industry talking in tongues.
Stephen Byers of Ritec International tries to make it all clear, so that nano-speak can no longer dupe those with interests in glass surface protection.
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Corrosion and Damage Caused to Glass Surfaces in Hot, Humid climates
Architects and glass suppliers spend much time, effort and money in establishing and fulfilling industry performance standards for glass - such as solar energy reflectance (g-value), light
transmittance (t-value) and heat gain or loss (U-value) - only to see the performance drop.
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Everything is gonna be all Light!
Architectural glass plays a major role in the health quality of life and productivity of building occupants.
Glass connects people with the outside world, and it provides natural light and solar heat by utilising energy from the sun, 5-billion-year-old fusion reactor.
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