Glass has proven to be a critically important material for the development of contemporary human civilization. Its influence continues to grow as new glass products and processes are developed to address global challenges in energy, the environment, healthcare, information technology, and more. Despite recent advances in glass science and technology, major challenges remain with respect to the sustainability of the glass industry, which generates more than 86 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. After discussing the presenter’s own journey in glass from Corning, New York to Penn State University and reviewing some recent advances in glass physics and chemistry, we’ll peer into our glass (not “crystal”) ball to discuss future glass technologies for a more sustainable future. The latter part of the presentation will introduce LionGlass, Penn State’s patent-pending glass compositional family that offers an alternative to standard soda lime silicate glass for reducing the carbon footprint of the glass industry by ~50%. LionGlass achieves this goal by lowering the melting temperature of everyday glass products by 400°C and eliminating the use of carbonate batch materials. LionGlass also offers 10× improvement in damage resistance compared to soda lime silicate, enabling the lightweighting of everyday glass products.

Presenter: Dr. John C. Mauro
National Academy of Engineering | National Academy of Inventors | World Academy of Ceramics
Dorothy Pate Enright Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Education
Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral SciencesThe Pennsylvania State University
307 Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802
Email: jcm426@psu.edu | Web: [ Ссылка ]
Glass Textbook: Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses, 3rd ed., Elsevier (2019)
Kinetics Textbook: Materials Kinetics, Elsevier (2021)

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