What Are The Uses Of Quartz?

Quartz is a hard substance and can transmit ultraviolet light, unlike glass. It does not split easily and is piezoelectric. This means it vibrates a bit when an electric current passes through it. When it is put under pressure, quartz can generate a small electric charge by itself. Apart from quartz gems and jewellery, it is commonly used in the industrial world for various purposes, such as for making special lenses, prisms and quartz-glass tubes for lamps. Quartz is also used in the manufacturing of the tubes, crucibles and glass (which is one of the apparatus used for conducting precise laboratory experiments) which are used in a laboratory. Quartz has diverse applications such as its use in an ordinary glass-manufacturing factory for making glass, as a material used in the construction business and in the foundry industry for making moulds. It is also used as a filter for some liquids, in the manufacturing of sandpaper and whetstones, in the scouring of powders, in sandblasting.

Quartz digital watches are known the world over for their precision. Switzerland is one of the biggest production centres for quartz watches, and some of the top brands of quartz timepieces are Swiss creations. It is used in making certain components that are part of radio sets, television sets and radar equipment.   

There are various used of Quartz and some of them are as follows. It is used in lenses, prisms and quartz-glass tubes. Quartz is widely used in laboratories for tubes and crucibles. It is also used in making various types of glass. It is used at commercial level for construction work and foundry molds. Quartz is also used as a filter for some liquids and in making sandpapers, scouring powders and whetstones. It is used in radio, television and radar. Moreover, the digital watches are manufactured all over the world and quartz is used in digital watches very commonly.

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