IS 488 : 1980 Specification for Glass Making Sands

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes requirements and methods of sampling and test for silica sand suitable for the manufacture ofsome of the important types of glassware.

1.1.1 This standard does not cover silica sand for optical andother special glasses.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 264 : 1976Specification for nitric acid

IS 266 : 1977Specification for sulphuric acid

IS 1070 : 1977Specification for water for general laboratory use

IS 1382 : 1961Glossary of terms relating to glass industry

IS 4905 : 1968Methods for random sampling