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. 1974 Jul-Aug;78A(4):497–504. doi: 10.6028/jres.078A.032
No. of Glasses  Range of composition (percent)  Source
 SiO2  Na2O  K2O  CaO  MgO  Al2O3
Two-Component Glasses:
 3  79.4–64.8 20.6–35.2 [12]
 3  84.3–66.3  15.7–33.7 [12]
Three·Component Glasses:
 6  80.7–64.4 4.6–31.3  3.8–14.3 [12]
 7  77.2–61.5 14.2–24.7 3.8–14.3 [5]
 8  79.1–62.6 15.0–27.8 3.1–11.7 [5]
 4  72.5–65.0 19.8–24.5  5.1–10.2 [5]
Four Component Glasses:
 1  76.1 16.0 4.9 3.0 [5]
 10  73.8–64.0 13.8–20.2 4.5–14.4  3.4–10.6 [5]
Five-Component Glasses:
 5  77.4–66.6 12.1–14.6  0.1– 4.4 10.2–12.1  0.2–7.2 [8]
 4  70.2–67.5 11.9–15.3 9.8–13.3 0.6– 2.3  4.1– 7.3 [8]
 1  69.2 12.7  8.7 9.6 1.7 [8]
Six-Component asses:
 20  72.0–59.5 10.5–15.0  0.1– 8.3 8.2–13.0 0.5–6.7  0.2– 6.7 [8]
Mean Composition (percent)  69.4  16.03  3.89  6.46  1.38  2.73
Summary of Glasses Used to Calculate 700–1300 °c Factors of Table 1
Two-Component Glasses:
 12  80.0–66.2 20.0–33.8 [10,21]
 5  76.1–63.4  23.9–36.6 [21]
Three-Component Glasses:
 2  72.0–70.1 26.8–21.1 6.8–8.8  [9, 29]
Four-Component Glasses:
 1  71.6 19.3 8.9  0.2 [9]
Five-Component Glasses:
 5  77.4–66.6 12.1–14.0  0.1– 4.4 10.2–12.1  0.2– 7.2 [8]
 23  73.8–67.5 11.9–18.0 0.3–13.3 0.1–11.9  0.1–7.3  [8,11,30,31,32]
 1  67.2 12.7  8.7 9.6 1.7 [8]
Six-Component Glasses:
 28  73.4–69.7 10.0–15.9  0.1– 8.3 5.9–13.0 0.5– 6.7  0.1– 6.7  [8,31,32]
Mean Composition (percent)  70.4  15.06  3.93  6.63  2.36  1.46
Other Glasses:  BaO
 8  73.7–69.1 11.1–13.9  1.0– 5.0 B2O3
  1.0– 5.0 Li2O
 2.1–6.4 19.4–20.0
F2
 1.1– 2.0
4.2– 7.2 2.9– 4.9  0.1– 0.2 [33]
 16  74.0–68.6 10.7–16.0 2.9– 7.2 2.1– 4.9  0.1– 0.3 [30]
 6  73.6–73.2 8.0–14.0 6.1– 7.3 4.2– 5.0  0.2 [31]
 2  80.6–80.0 [21]
 3  73.3–71.7 14.4–16.5 6.0– 7.0 4.2– 5.0  0.1– 0.2 [32]