(April 2015) Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power (as seen in the MensalÃ£o Scandal and the Operation Car Wash and the Petrobras scandals) to the smallest municipalities.
Quartz sands, which are high in silica content, are used to make glass. When quartz sands are crushed they produce particles with sharp, angular edges that are sometimes used to make sandpaper for smoothing wood. Some quartz sand is found in the form of sandstone.
Composition. The most common types of glass fiber used in fiberglass is E-glass, which is alumino-borosilicate glass with less than 1% w/w alkali oxides, mainly used for glass-reinforced plastics.he first type of glass used for fiber was soda lime glass or A-glass (A for the alkali it contains). It is not very resistant to alkali. A new type, E-glass, was formed; this is an alumino-borosilicate glass that is alkali This was the first glass formulation used for continuous filament formation.