2024 · Q18
Which one among the following statements is not true for glass?
General KnowledgeChemistry
- ASodium silicate is known as water glass.
- BGlass is also called super cooled liquid.
- CCrystallinity develops on cooling of the molten mass of the glass.
- DColoured glasses can be made by adding different colouring materials.
Explanation
Glass is an amorphous solid, often described as a supercooled liquid, and sodium silicate solution is indeed called water glass. Coloured glass is produced by adding metal oxides as colouring agents. The false statement is that crystallinity develops on cooling molten glass — if it crystallized, it would become opaque and lose the defining amorphous, transparent character of glass. Hence option C is correct.