

You may have heard about the terms fused silica and quartz glass many times but do you know the difference between the two?
The primary difference is that the fused silica is composed of non- crystalline silica glass whereas quartz is manufactured using crystalline silica glass.
To create quartz glass, silica grains are melted at approximately 2000°C using gas or electrical heating whereas fused silica in UK is an entirely synthetic material made from a silicon-rich chemical precursor that possess highest temperature characteristics of any glass along with superior ultraviolet performance.
Quartz glass is used for a wide range of applications in several industries because of its unique properties.
Some of the exceptional properties of Quartz glass include:
As far as fused silica is concerned, it doesn’t have any colour and it is the only pure silica which has around 99.4–99.9% of silica.





