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Today I will share with you an essential gem of information that all fusers need to know and fully understand, which I have copied and pasted below.
This was written by Stephen Richard who is based in Glasgow Scotland. His blog is Verrier Blog by Stephen Richard.
“CoE Varies with Temperature
Bullseye glass is probably typical of soda lime glasses designed for fusing.
The change of CoE by temperature is further illustrated by Kugler (a blowing glass) who state their CoE by temperature range. Remember CoE is an average expansion over a stated range of temperatures)
CoE 93 for the range 0C-300C
CoE 96 for the range 20C – 300C
CoE 100 for the range 20C – 400C
The extension of the range by 100C has a distinct effect on the average expansion over the (larger) range.
This shows why it is not helpful to refer to CoE without also mentioning the range of temperature.
In addition, here is an illustration of the effect.
Information from Bullseye shows that the Coeficient of Linear Expansion changes rapidly around the annealing range.
The following is from results of a laboratory test of Bullseye clear (1101F)
Temperature range…………………..COE
20C-300C (68F - 572F)……………..90.6
300C-400C (572F – 752F)………….102.9
400C-450C (752F – 842F)………….107.5
570C-580C (1058F-1076F)…………502.0
(If the owner of this illustration comes across this, please let me know, as I have lost the source)”
