FS28.00
First edition
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Weathering / Blooming
Scope of application
The defect weathering / blooming is haze on the inside or outside surface of a container created during storage of empty containers by a hydrolytic attack of glass due to atmospheric agents, especially humidity, carbon dioxide and temperature variation. The haze consists of microscopic crystal of sodium carbonate and/or calcium carbonate. Also called Bloom.
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Contributors
ARDAGH GLASS, BA GLASS PORTUGAL, BRITISH GLASS, BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE , CAN PACK, CSVMF, ENCIRC GLASS, GERRESHEIMER BELGIUM, HEINZ GLAS GERMANY, O-I MANUFACTURING FRANCE, O-I MANUFACTURING ITALY, O-I MANUFACTURING UK, SAVERGLASS FRANCE, STOELZLE-OBERGLAS, VERALLIA FRANCE, VERALLIA GERMANY, VETROPACK HOLDING, VIDRALA, WIEGAND-GLASHUTTENWERKE
Document under responsibility of working group:
Glass wg1+4
WG chair: Arnaud JANIN - VERALLIA FRANCE
This permanent group is dedicated to a wide range of topics downstream of the production of glass bottles and jars dedicated to the food and beverage industries:
- Surface treatments, marking, labelling;
- Testing methods (impact, headspace, internal pressure, etc.);
- Nomenclatures (of finishes, jars, bottles, and visual defects, etc.);
- Quality management (food and beverage safety, best practices, regulations).
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