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2 unusual facts about Vitreous


Vitreous

Vitreous membrane, a layer of collagen separating the vitreous humour from the rest of the eye

Vitreous humour, a clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina in vertebrate eyes


Enamel paint

Although "enamels" and "painted enamel" in art normally refer to vitreous enamel, in the 20th century some artists used commercial enamel paints in art, including Pablo Picasso (mixing it with oil paint), Hermann-Paul and Sidney Nolan.

Friedrich family

In pre-Hussite times they produced amazing works of vitreous art near Daubitz, nowadays called Doubice.

Tin-glazing

Tin oxide remains in suspension in vitreous matrix of the fired glazes, and, with its high refractive index being sufficiently different from the matrix, light is scattered, and hence increases the opacity of the glaze.


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