From the invisible to the visible world and back...

Glass is an inert substance (which acts as a natural barrier against bacteria), hard, brittle, and amorphous made mostly from silica sand (SiO₂), sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃) and limestone (CaCO₃), melted at high temperatures with borates or phosphates.

It's colour varies depending on the ingredients used in its manufacture, so it can be transparent, translucent or opaque.

Glass is a material that by it's characteristics is easily recoverable and classified according to it's colour, among the most common are transparent, green and blue.

Although the glass is made from relatively inexpensive raw materials, the extraction of the materials causes a significant impact on the landscape, however, recycling helps to reduce this problem. It should be mentioned that this material, like no other, can be recycled as many times as you like, without ever losing its properties.

In our case, almost entirely or most of the laboratory instruments are manufactured with this material and sometimes is used a special glass prepared to withstand high temperatures (Pyrex) or certain chemical aggression.

This substance is very interesting, has a broad content, has infinite applications and sometimes being so common, because wherever we go we see it and many times we do not know what is actually composed.

In my opinion, it's a very clean material compared to plastic, where is the last, can generate interactions with matters that contain it, in addition to delivering grater durability and freshness to the products by not being porous. Also have multiple uses, for example in jewelry (crystals), architecture, cars and until to appliances electronics.

The most enjoyable subject ...

If I put myself to think about the subject that I liked the most in the university was certainly "Laboratorio de Química General II" I have very good memories, I had a lot of fun. Together with my friends, we agreed to choose the same section, so we were all together, they were just practical works, although at the beginning of each class they gave us a little theoretical introduction.I have always liked being in the laboratory, since it is the best way to see chemical reactions, how they happen, what happens, etc ... and what better when you connect with what you already know. The most entertaining and interesting of that laboratory were the colors, textures and states of the different reactions; And the shapes that could have the crystals that we created in some cases.It was evaluated with reports and controls, that was when it became difficult, since we had to relate what was learned in class with what was seen in the laboratory, and although it was sometimes complex, we took it forward ... well, most of the we were there, approximately 100 people.

Person you admire

This men is my rolemodel, he is 57 years old, is a good father and he has a 3 beautiful daughters. Titled of Pharmacy in Universidad de Chile, to this day, he work playing his career, attending a pharmacy in the commune "El Bosque".
If you ask me why go study this career, this person is the reason, because he transmits me the passion he feels for his work and one day I wish I could help him. If I could explain us how I transferred the love of chemistry and the laboratories, he would know that is one of the most important people for me and I say it "Thanks you, because I love that I study today".

I I can explain everything he knows! He is a: gasfiter, mechanic, carpenter, sportsman, teacher, chemist, friend, etc.. It's a dictionary with legs. And despite being a little stubborn or bad fleas, he is the most valued that I have.

Thank you for everything you have taught me and thank you for being my dad!