Semi - Transparent Shader Texture

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Glass is a versatile, amorphous solid that offers countless benefits for daily life through its various uses as seen in window panes, delicate tableware, and intricate optoelectronics. Primarily crafted from silica-based compounds like silicon dioxide, or quartz, glass products have been manufactured by humans for thousands of years. These substances are also utilized to create the materials most people associate with the term 'glass', which are familiarized through daily encounters such as window panes and glass bottles. When specifically discussing soda-lime glass - a prevalent variety of silica-based glass products that make up over 75% silicon dioxide (SiO2) content along with sodium oxide from sodium carbonate, calcium oxide from lime, and trace elements - most types fall under the category known simply as container or glazing glass. Its durability arises not only from its robust structure but also due to additional additives. The optical clarity provided by silica-based glasses results in a wide range of applications centered around their capacity for light transmission. Silica glass is malleable enough that its optical and reflective qualities may be enhanced via cutting and polishing, yielding an array of valuable components such as prisms, fine glassware, and highly sought-after fibers for super-speed data transmission. Moreover, various metallic salts are known to alter the glass's hue when combined with silica compounds. Enamels - derived from painting and applying vitreous enamel on their surface - also bring diverse possibilities to art forms through stained-glass windows, intricate sculptures, or simple trinkets like vases, beakers, jars and a wide array of other vesselware objects that owe much to its durability in everyday applications such as home appliances. Furthermore glass finds numerous use for insulating purposes. By molding into precise shapes when still molten - known colloquially as blowing - manufacturers can also craft intricate and visually captivating products for the discerning buyer. When combined with polymers like organic composites, such extruded strands turn a seemingly delicate element into sturdy reinforced composite fiberglass that provides additional resilience for its core polymer.