Answer 3:
If the glass has been exposed to the sun's
ultraviolet light, then you can track the
amount of certain chemicals created by ultraviolet
irradiation. I don't know what those are, exactly
- you'd need to talk to a chemist.
It will be harder if the glass is far enough
underwater to not be exposed to ultraviolet light
(water blocks ultraviolet). I don't know if any
types of glass use carbon that you could use for
carbon dating.
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Answer 4:
You may be able to use properties such as
color and amount of gas bubbles to find out
what the original source of the glass was, for
instance, soda bottle, a piece of someone's
glasses, etc. Color can help identify potential
processing steps of the original item and even the
country of origin. In this case, knowing history
helps because green was one of the common
colors for medicine bottles. As to the amount
of gas bubbles, older manufacturing technologies
usually meant more bubbles or other kinds of
irregularities in the glass. In some cases, size
helps, too, because the thickness of glass
objects that were made has decreased over the
years. In any case, what you'll need to do is
observe the glass and record as much detail
as you can, and read up on types of bottles and
other glass items that humans have used in history
by location, and go from there. Click Here to return to the search form.
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