“Burning it out” still leaves contamination. You need to remove it.
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disco@lemdro.id [bot] 20 hours agoThis might seem like a dumb question but couldn’t you burn the color out during the recycling process?
wewbull@feddit.uk 18 hours ago
eleitl@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
It’s metal ions. You can compensate for iron with manganese, but you’ll still get a grayish glass with reduced transmission.
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 18 hours ago
This makes sense. Thank you