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For making good quality mirrors, the plates of flint glass are used. These are obtained by floating molten glass over a liquid metal which does not solidify before glass. The metal used can be

A

tin

B

sodium

C

magnesium

D

mercury

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A
Melting point of tin is lower than that of glass .
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