Various vintage Coca Cola bottles.

Various beer bottles

Glass Juice bottle.

A glass bottle is a bottle created from glass. Glass bottles can vary in size considerably, but are most commonly found in sizes ranging between about 10ml and 5 litres.

The history of glass can be traced back to at least 12,000 BC where glass coated objects have been found.^[1]

Millions of glass bottles are created worldwide every day. On average there are at least 2 bottle-making factories in each county. It is a highly mechanized process, and the bottles in use now are no longer hand blown as they were in the past.^{[citation needed]}

When glass bottles of liquid are dropped or subjected to shock, the water hammer effect may cause hydrodynamic glass breakage. ^[2][3]

Glass bottles manufacturing takes place over several stages. To briefly outline the processes from beginning to end: raw material, melting, forming, annealing, physical inspection, machine & laser inspection, physical inspection (second time), quality control, and finally packing. ^[4]

To strengthen glass bottles, the process of lamination is sometimes done. Laminated safety glass is made by combining a layer of plastic over glass. When a non-laminated bottle is dropped, the glass breaks sending pieces of glass everywhere. When a laminated bottle is dropped, the glass still breaks, though the outer layer of plastic contains the broken pieces of glass.^[1]

Coca-Cola's "Contour Bottles" are a well known type of glass bottles.

[edit] See also

• Glass container industry
• Mason Jar
• Water hammer

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Glass Information". http://www.sks-bottle.com/Glass_Info.html. Retrieved 2008-10-02. 
2. ^ Saitoh, S (1999). "Water hammer breakage of a glass container". International glass journal (Faenza Editrice,). ISSN 1123-5063. 
3. ^ Brandt RC; Tressler RE (1994). Fractography of Glass. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-44880-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=oS6nR9729XUC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=bottle+water+hammer&source=bl&ots=4C2R3a_nCV&sig=OXhp_DQo5Uf6DPyysPMUE0U9lF4&hl=en&ei=aJjKSZD0OuXfnQeoo7zKAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPP1,M1. 
4. ^ "Glass Manufacturing". http://www.silverspurcorp.com/company/articles/glass_bottles_production_manufacturing.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 

[edit] External links

• Antique Bottles collectors/traders
• How to Make a Message in a Bottle
• Directory of domestic glass bottle suppliers and manufacturers