“Burning it out” still leaves contamination. You need to remove it.
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disco@lemdro.id [bot] 3 weeks agoThis might seem like a dumb question but couldn’t you burn the color out during the recycling process?
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eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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] 3 weeks ago
This makes sense. Thank you