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Adding cullet to a glass furnace's batch reduces energy because cullet

  • A.improves the clarity of the finished glass
  • B.needs no chemical decomposition
  • C.melts at a higher temperature than the batch
  • D.increases the furnace's pull rate

Answer: B

Correct answer: needs no chemical decomposition

Batch materials must be heated and then chemically decomposed - soda ash and limestone giving off carbon dioxide - before any glass forms. Cullet is already glass, so it needs only to be melted, and each ten per cent of cullet in the charge saves roughly two and a half per cent of the furnace fuel.

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