Why is the modern glass manufacturing process called float glass process?

What will be an ideal response?


The molten raw materials in glass manufacturing are brought into a bath of molten tin. Because the density of
molten tin is much higher than that of molten (raw materials of) glass, the latter floats over molten tin, giving a
perfectly flat glass sheet on cooling.

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