“…After the first step of crystallographic direction selection, the crystals grow with their fastest-growing axis perpendicular to the surface. Source: Adapted from Höland and Beall (2012) [22] 2.3 The Na2O-CaO-SiO2 system Soda-lime-silica compositions constitute most commercial glass products, such as windows, cookware, tableware, packaging for food and medicine [14,23,24], and promising materials for bioactive implants [6,25,26]. Also, the necessary raw materials to produce these glasses are abundant, non-toxic, and relatively non-expensive.…”