Table of Contents

Historical Development of Glass Chemistry.
Freezing of a Melt to a Vitreous Solid.
Structural Elements of Silicates.
Classical Theories of Glass Structure.
Methodology in Glass Research.
Microphase Separation.
Structure and Properties of Colorless Glasses.
Structure and Properties of Colored Glasses.
Crystallization of Glasses.
Strength of Glass.
Interaction Between High-Energy Radiation and Glass.
Survey of the Physical Basis of Some Glass Properties.

About the Author

Werner Vogel studied physics at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, where he received his PhD in 1980 and worked as a research assistent at the Physics Department. After three postdoc years at the University of St. Petersburg, he finished his habilitation thesis in Jena and became Lecturer for Theoretical Physics at the College of Education in Gustrow in 1989. Since 1992, he has been Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Rostock.