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    Pilkington Microwhite™


    Pilkington Microwhite™ is an extremely-thin extra clear float glass made to exacting standards, suitable for a variety of applications.

    Pilkington Microwhite™ is a high-grade float glass made to precise standards. Its excellent plane and low tolerances of thickness make it ideal for a wide range of uses, primarily microscope slides but also cosmetic mirrors, chromatographic plates, photomasks, automotive and technical glass, dependent on its thickness.

    Features & Benefits Applications

    Features & Benefits

    • High-grade thin float glass with very low thickness tolerances.
    • Flat and uniform products.
    • Excellent optical transmission.
    • Neutral edge colour.
    • Superior light and energy transmission.
    • Free of fluorescent reflections.
    • Resistant to chemicals.
    • Extended shelf life.
    • Improved wetability through a silane coating (optional).
    • Pre-cut to customer specifications.

     

    Applications


    Pilkington Microwhite™ has traditionally been used for the production of microscope slides, cosmetic mirrors, chromatographic plates, LCD photo masks, automotive and technical glass, PC display screens and tablet PCs.

    0.95-1.05 mm (microscope slides), 1.0-1.2 mm (microscope slides,cosmetic mirrors), 1.2-1.4 mm (chromatographic plates, cosmetic mirrors, technical glass) and 1.5-1.7 mm (photomasks, automotive, technical glass).

    Pilkington Microwhite™ Downloads

    Spectrum Calculation Program

    Pilkington Spectrum is a Windows-based glass performance model which enables you to quickly and efficiently calculate key properties of a wide range of single glazing and insulating glass units. Also available as an app for mobile devices, you can use Pilkington Spectrum to provide the following information:

    • Light and solar properties (transmittance, reflectance, absorptance, g value, etc.).
    • Centre pane Ug-value.
    • Sound insulation values.
    • Global Warming Potential (GWP), or carbon footprint.
    • Ultra violet (uv) transmittance and colour rendering index (Ra).
    • Other properties (e.g. pendulum body impact resistance, fire resistance, resistance to manual attack, etc.).
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