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Float glass is a sheet of glass made by melting glass and spreading it on molten metal that has a low melting point, such as tin,[1] or lead.[2] In this way, we get a very flat and evenly thick surface.[3] Making float glass like that, is also known as the Pilkington process.[4] It was given this name, because the glass-making company Pilkington was the first to use this way of making glass in the 1950s, at their factory in St Helens, Merseyside, England.[5]
Modern windows are usually made from float glass.[6] Some types of glass used for screens are also made in the same way as float glass.
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