«Color is one of the great properties of glass and is more intense in
glass than any other material.»
Not exact matches
According to it, young Europeans see
glass as more trendy
than other packaging
materials.
Glass stands for quality and long lasting
material, but in the same time heavy and these bottles are usually more expensive
than other models and there is possibility to shatter it easily.
Reynolds envisions electrochromic films on various
materials, including some
other than glass or plastic.
by Bill Chambers Despite its streamlining of the particulars, Walt Disney's feature - length Cinderella ultimately takes fewer liberties with the source
material (chiefly, Charles Perrault's «Cinderella, or The
Glass Slipper»)
than almost any of his
other animated fairytales.
Nokia's Oro is made up from premium
materials, with a 3.5 - inch AMOLED reinforced
glass display that is scratch resistant and five times tougher
than other screens.
Rather
than creating closed sculptural masses, Sonnier began composing open forms that combined neon light,
glass, and
other industrial
materials to create sculptures that interact with the wall and the viewer.
Gregory writes: «Wax paintings, plate paintings, works on paper, sculpture and works on novel
materials like Kabuki screens are held together through conversation the pieces have with each
other, rather
than through a linearly progressive motif... Four massive plate «landscapes»... operate like a 3D movie, where one's presence before them in person is like the
glasses one uses to see such a film.
They inevitably will require a lot of energy, if for no
other reason
than that
materials for construction (steel, cement, flat
glass, aluminum, copper) are hugely energy intensive — with energy intensities an order of magnitude higher
than that for most
other manufactured goods.
Also: Some studies have been done already (by the PH institute and
others) looking at the most important
materials — e.g. insulation,
glass, ducts for ventilation systems... The result was: It's a really good idea to invest in these components, which reduce the operational energy use significantly; these save factors, mostly in the range of 100, more energy
than had been used to produce the
materials.
Not only does
glass transfer heat and cold much more
than other materials - making buildings more expensive to cool in the summer and heat in the winter - but builders have typically built
glass towers with the same
materials on all four sides, even though the impact of the sun is far more severe on the south and west.
There doesn't seem to be any justifiable reason to have the
glass upper portion of the back on the Pixel, and even with extreme care, it scratches more easily
than any
other glass material I have used.
Flagship phone makers like to brag about their seamless transitions of
materials, and while this one has its share of high caliber design touches, it's impossible to ignore that its
glass - covered screen juts out a bit more
than other devices.