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Get fired up about boron, the chemical element used in borosilicate glass. Experience live flameworking with Russell Taylor of Public Glass and find out why borosilicate glass is used for everything from lab equipment and fiberoptic cable to intricately beautiful artwork.
In the spirit of amplifying the Black Lives Matter movement and to avoid any appearance of having appropriated that title, our series of talks formerly called Everything Matters: Tales from the Periodic Table will now be called, simply, Tales from the Periodic Table. Please excuse the former title on videos made in the past.
Everything Matters, Boron, elements, table of elements, periodic table, glass, glass blowing, flame working, borosilicate glass, heating, Russell Taylor, Public Glass