I required a hot stage to do some work with iiquid crystals. Hot stages on the market are very expensive. I decided to try using electro-conductive glass, This is the NESA glass used by automotive manufacturers in electrically operated defrosting windows, A local glazier ordered some of the glass for me in 8 x 8 inch squares, i had the squares cut and edge polished into 2 x 2 inch pieces by a filter manufacturer. One sheet of 8 x 8 inch glass cost me about $15.00. Cut down, I got nine 2 x 2 inch pieces suitable for my experiments at an additional cost of $3.00 per cut piece.

A piece of 2 x 2 inch electro-conductive glass is prepared with two thin copper strips epoxied to the outer margins. One needs a conductive epoxy, and i used a silver epoxy (40-3900 resin and catalyst) obtained from Epoxies, Etc. of Greenville, Rl.