glass ceramic

glass ceramic
any of a number of forms of partially crystallized glass having a variety of properties and uses, including the manufacture of dental restorations, formed by heating to the point of crystallization an amorphous glass matrix to which impurities have been added to provide nuclei for crystal formation.

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