| Abstract: | A method of analysis for gases dissolved in glass has been developed which gives more reproducible results than those previously reported. The problem of the volatilization of alkali from the sample during the course of analysis appears to have been satisfactorily solved through the use of an auxiliary furnace. A number of commercial glasses have been analyzed for dissolved gases. Water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and oxygen are the principal gases found in flint glass. Water vapor seems to be the principal constituent of the gases found in amber glass. A method for the analysis of gases present in seeds in glass has been developed which gives fairly satisfactory quantitative results on samples containing more than 1 cu. mm. of gas. The results obtained on samples containing less than 1 cu. mm. of gas are qualitative only. The procedure consists (1) in the determination of the temperatures at which gases present in the seeds undergo a change of state and (2) in the microchemical analysis of these same gases. Seeds have been found that contained entrapped air, sulfur dioxide, and also carbon dioxide. Some seeds, especially those in amber glass, appear to be vacuum seeds, and these frequently contain a deposit on the inside which has been identified as a sulfite or a sulfate. |
