What happens when sand is heated?



Answer:
If it's heated hot enough, it makes glass. Other than that, it just gets hot.

Basically, the sand gets so hot that it melts (in a sense) together and then, when cooled rapidly, it doesn't have time to form a crystal lattice (grains of sand), so it stays melted together.
when heated past a certain point it will melt like any other solid.
turns to glass
turns to glass
It melts.. and is in most case's made into glass.
Sand has many uses, but when heated it can be useful in these ways:

Therapeutic sand, used for body massage.

and

It is the principal component in glass manufacturing.
If heated to a high enough temperature, it melts and becomes quartz or glass etc.
it melts...
That would depend, one how you apply heat to it. if it's heated past its melting point it will (obviously) melt and fuse with other sand particles.
With enough heat and a few more chemicals, you might isolate Silicon
it burns your feet:)
it turn into candy mmmm good

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