Talk:Ground glass

Ground glass vsFrosted glass
I noticed that there is an article on frosted glass that overlaps this one to some extent. I suppose that "ground glass" is a *specific* method of producing frosted glass. I suppose that some ground glass surfaces are indeed produced by mechanical grinding, either with a solid abrasive or with a solid tool and powder abrasive. Does the term "ground glass" include sand-blasted glass? In any case, some of the appliations listed in "ground glass" (such as ambient lighting) should probably be moved to that article. All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 20:56, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Other meaning of "ground glass"
I've added a section "Poison" which refers to the use of ground-up glass (i.e., minuscule/microscopic fragments of glass) to injure people when ingested. The problem is, I'm not sure whether the concept of ground-up glass belongs in this article, which is essentially about matte glass products.

So: (a) Should the article intro say the term "ground glass" may refer to "either matte glass or minuscule glass fragments" (Not sure about this as the article would then be about two unrelated concepts.) (b) Should there be a separate article for ground-up glass? (Not sure about this as I doubt there's scope for a full article.) hould the ground-up glass be in some other article? (Not sure about this as I can't find another suitable article.) NB: to the average person, I think the term "ground glass" means what I'm calling "ground-up glass".

Thoughts? --A bit iffy (talk) 18:28, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Keep in the bit about ground glass and poison. This was the bit I was interested in and a search brought me to the information I wanted. Thanks. 194.176.105.153 (talk) 08:39, 5 March 2014 (UTC)