| Harne9sing solar energy is a recent attraction developed
after foreseeable shortage of conventional energy supply.
Glass can play a vital role in this affair. In the present
review an attempt has been made to describe in detail how
over 90% of the components of a domestic solar heating
device can be made out of glass alone. Glass can be used
directly in making most of these structures. The present
challenge by different synthetic material industries against
glass, which it faces today, could possibly be well met if
glass industries engage in diversifying their products in
th(S~ lines. |