Chemical that reacts with glass and cools

[shotgung]

Hi, I'm far from a chemist / engineer but am looking for something that will react with glass and cool to around 40 deg F. Any ideas?

 

[mishima]

What do you mean by react with glass? What are you trying to achieve? You can, for instance, make conductive glass by heating a piece with tin (II) chloride, among other things.

 

[Shinaolord]

I think what he means is a substance that will react with the glass lattice and change it's composition , with a positive enthalpy, decreasing temp. If not idk what op is looking for.

 

[shotgung]

Sounds about right Shinaolord

 

[Shinaolord]

I'm a physics major, so I'm no expert and don't know of anything that would cause the desired effect.

 

[Borek]

What kind of glass? Any glass? Because glass is either a transparent thing you see in your window (in which case I doubt substance you are looking for exists), or any other amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition - so there are plenty of other materials that are technically glasses, I am sure some of them will fit conditions you described above (whatever they really are).

 

[Shinaolord]

I believe he means silicon based glass.
Good catch though.