This book represents an extended introductory treatise on the atomic scale structure and physicochemical properties of oxide melts, mainly of silicates, from both the basic science and the applied engineering points of view. This helpful volume covers current experimental information on the structure of oxide melts and glasses and a convenient outline of their various physicochemical properties, including the subject "how structural data can be correlated with their macroscopic properties".

This book also includes a fundamental introduction to the beneficial utilization of waste oxides...