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How do I know it's Argon filled glass?
When the windows were installed in my new house all the the windows came with a sticker advertising that they were argon filled which is what I ordered and cost more. All the windows except a window at the front of the house that needed supports to be put in before the joiners could come back and measure up. When the new window arrived I noticed that there was no "argon" stickers on the glass. Is there any way of telling what the gap is filled with, I assume if I ask the company who made them they'll say it's whatever I ordered??
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How do I know it's Argon filled glass?
Fatboise wrote:
When the windows were installed in my new house all the the windows came with a sticker advertising that they were argon filled which is what I ordered and cost more. All the windows except a window at the front of the house that needed supports to be put in before the joiners could come back and measure up. When the new window arrived I noticed that there was no "argon" stickers on the glass. Is there any way of telling what the gap is filled with, I assume if I ask the company who made them they'll say it's whatever I ordered?? Given some time in the lab, you could probably do it by measuring the speed of sound through that window compared with a known argon-filled identical window. However, it's not worth doing, because argon fill makes only the tiniest difference in terms of window performance anyway. -- Grunff |
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How do I know it's Argon filled glass?
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Fatboise wrote: When the windows were installed in my new house all the the windows came with a sticker advertising that they were argon filled which is what I ordered and cost more. All the windows except a window at the front of the house that needed supports to be put in before the joiners could come back and measure up. When the new window arrived I noticed that there was no "argon" stickers on the glass. Is there any way of telling what the gap is filled with, I assume if I ask the company who made them they'll say it's whatever I ordered?? Given some time in the lab, you could probably do it by measuring the speed of sound through that window compared with a known argon-filled identical window. I suspect spectroscopy could also get you there, or focussing a laser beam through the glass, to make an ionised spot, and doing spectra on that. However, it's not worth doing, because argon fill makes only the tiniest difference in terms of window performance anyway. I don't understand why CO2 isn't used. Slowly reacts with aluminium in the presence of water? |
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How do I know it's Argon filled glass?
Fatboise wrote:
When the new window arrived I noticed that there was no "argon" stickers on the glass. Is there any way of telling what the gap is filled with, I assume if I ask the company who made them they'll say it's whatever I ordered?? There's no easy way I know... ask the company, they will tell you what you ordered/got - if you did not order the windows "argon filled", they'll probably have ordinary air in 'em. Won't make that a discernable difference IMO. |
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