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Frosted glass is produced by the acid etching of clear sheet glass
Glass

Glass generally refers to a Hardness, brittle, transparency amorphous solid, such as that used for windows, many Glass Bottles, or eyewear, including, but not limited to, soda-lime glass, borosilicate glass, acrylic glass, sugar glass, Muscovite , or aluminium oxynitride....
, or sand-blasting. It has the effect of rendering the glass translucent by scattering
Scattering

Scattering is a general physical process where some forms of radiation, such as light, sound, or moving particles,are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by one or more localized non-uniformities in the medium through which they pass....
 of light during transmission, thus blurring
Visual appearance

The visual appearance of objects is given by the way in which they reflect and transmit light. The color of objects is determined by the parts of the spectrum of light that are reflected or transmitted without being absorbed....
 images view while still transmitting light.

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Frosted glass is produced by the acid etching of clear sheet glass
Glass

Glass generally refers to a Hardness, brittle, transparency amorphous solid, such as that used for windows, many Glass Bottles, or eyewear, including, but not limited to, soda-lime glass, borosilicate glass, acrylic glass, sugar glass, Muscovite , or aluminium oxynitride....
, or sand-blasting. It has the effect of rendering the glass translucent by scattering
Scattering

Scattering is a general physical process where some forms of radiation, such as light, sound, or moving particles,are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by one or more localized non-uniformities in the medium through which they pass....
 of light during transmission, thus blurring
Visual appearance

The visual appearance of objects is given by the way in which they reflect and transmit light. The color of objects is determined by the parts of the spectrum of light that are reflected or transmitted without being absorbed....
 images view while still transmitting light.

Applications:
  • To obtain visual privacy while admitting light.
  • Decorative patterns may be imposed upon otherwise plain glass by using wax or other resist to retain transparent
    Transparency (optics)

    In optics, transparency is the material property of allowing light to pass through. In mineralogy, another term for this property is diaphaneity....
     areas.
  • Frosted glass in light bulbs is used for evenly distributing the light from the bulb's filament across its surface area.
  • To distribute light uniformly in a photographic contact printer.


The frosted glass effect can also be achieved by the application of vinyl film, used as a sort of stencil on the glass surface. "Photo-resist", or photo-resistant film is also available, which can be produced to mask off the area surrounding a decorative design, or logo on the glass surface.