Transparent materials

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans and the fluids of all known living organisms, in which it acts as a solvent. Water, being a polar molecule, undergoes strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding which is a large contributor to its physical and chemical properties. It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food energy or being an organic micronutrient. Due to its presence in all organisms, its chemical stabi

Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 °C, 32 °F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure, ice is considered to be a mineral. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.

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Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of limestone. Calcite defines hardness 3 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison. Large calcite crystals are used in optical equipment, and limestone composed mostly of calcite has numerous uses.

thumb|140px|The repeating unit within polyethylene in the most stable staggered conformation

thumb|Polyhedral representation of spinel MgAl2O4 Spinel () is the magnesium/aluminium member of the larger spinel group of minerals. It has the formula in the cubic crystal system. Its name comes from the Latin word , a diminutive form of spine, in reference to its pointed crystals.

property of an object or substance to transmit light with minimal scattering

type of polyester commonly used for bottles and clothing

thumb|Chocolates wrapped in cellophane Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria, and liquid water makes it useful for food packaging. Cellophane is highly permeable to water vapour, but may be coated with nitrocellulose lacquer to prevent this.

Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.

transparent thermoplastic, commonly called acrylic

chemical compound

polymer

chemical compound

transparent variety of calcite

chemical compound

condensation of monomers or oligomers dispersed in a colloidal solution (sol) into a biphasic aqueous polymeric network (gel)

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type of glass with silica and boron trioxide as the main glass-forming constituents

glass consisting of pure silica

chemical compound

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transparent polycrystalline ceramic

most common type of glass

garment of clothing made with lace, mesh or sheer material that allows the wearer's body or undergarments to be seen through its fabric

blue gemstone

thumb|300px|Opening of the European Extremely Large Telescope|ELT secondary mirror Zerodur blank mold containing the glass at first annealing at the [[Schott AG 4-meter blank annealing facility in Mainz, Germany.]] Zerodur is a lithium-aluminosilicate glass-ceramic manufactured by Schott AG. Zerodur has a near zero coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and is used for high-precision applications in telescope optics, microlithography machines and inertial navigation systems.

building material typically used as transparent glazing material in the building envelope

Brand of plastic products including drinking bottles

Vycor is the brand name of Corning's high-silica, high-temperature glass. It provides very high thermal shock resistance. Vycor is approximately 96% silica and 4% boron trioxide, but unlike pure fused silica, it can be readily manufactured in a variety of shapes. Vycor can be subject to prolonged usage at 900 °C.

laboratory storage container

Sitall (also known as Sitall CO-115M or Astrositall) is a crystalline glass-ceramic with ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). It was originally manufactured in the former Soviet Union and was used in the making of primary mirrors for the Russian Maksutov telescopes. It has a CTE of only 0 ± 1.5 °C−1 in the temperature range −60 to 60 °C, placing it in a small group of transparent materials with low CTE such as Vycor, Zerodur, CerVit and fused quartz.

Type of material

any lightweight, translucent fabric