Chapter 324: Preparing to Make Glass
After making the simple balance scale, Su Bai began studying the stones.
Holding a stone in his hand, he questioned, [The main material for glass is silica sand, but I haven’t seen any here yet.]
Su Bai was holding the glass manufacturing guide, which showed pictures of silica sand and its uses.
Blinking his black eyes, he thought to himself. [Where can I find quartz crystals or quartz sand? Quartz can typically be found in weathered granite terrain, and that terrain should also have the silica sand needed for making glass.]
If not for this glass manufacturing guide, he would not even know where to begin. Even when he had some knowledge of the process, it was not enough. Now, what he needed to do had become much clearer.
Being able to know how to make cement and various other things was already impressive, but with glass, he was truly stuck – without this book he would have been helpless.
[But, is there a weathered granite terrain around this place? I don’t remember seeing one in the forest the last time…] Su Bai was troubled at this first step of raw materials. Without raw materials, glass could not be made, and silica sand was the most basic of materials for making glass. It was indispensable.
Silica sand consists of transparent particles, very distinguishable individually, and is found everywhere in weathered granite terrain.
[Once we find silica sand, everything will be much easier. There should be plenty of places where it can be found…] Su Bai was determined. Many materials mentioned in the glass manufacturing guide could be found in the wooden boxes, but the one thing missing was the silica sand, the main ingredient needed for making glass.