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    Why can you blow glass and not other materials?

    Hi. Often, when I am a tour guide at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma,WA. glassblowing shop. I get a question for which I don't have a definitive answer. I thought someone might know What is special about glass that enables it to be formed by blowing? Which forces are the major factors in holding...
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    Why Don't Glassblowing Pipes Get Too Hot to Hold?

    Thanks for your help, AlephZero. I am not a scientist, so I am still a little unclear about the last paragraph. Do you mean that the pipe with higher thermal conductivity is better able dissipate the heat before it reaches the handle? Or perhaps something else?
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    Why Don't Glassblowing Pipes Get Too Hot to Hold?

    Hi. Often, when I am a tour guide at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma,WA. glassblowing shop. I get a question for which I don't have a definitive answer. I thought someone might know. The question is "why don't the glassblowing pipes(steel tubes, 4.5 feet long, .75" wide) get too hot to hold" Some...
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