Glass found a large application in particle physics, and it can be considered as a key turning point in the technology of gaseous detectors, in particular in the development that lead from parallel plate chambers to resistive plate chambers and multigap resistive plate chambers (MRPCs). One of the crucial parameters to take into account when building such a detector is the resistivity of the material used to collect the signal produced by a particle crossing the detector. In this paper a (not comprehensive) history of the gaseous detectors will be presented, in order to describe the use of glass in the MRPC, including a few examples of experiments making use of this technology.

玻璃在粒子物理学中有着广泛的应用，它可以被认为是气体探测器技术的一个关键转折点，特别是在从平行板室到电阻板室和多间隙电阻板室（MRPC）的发展过程中。构建此类探测器时要考虑的关键参数之一是用于收集粒子穿过探测器所产生的信号的材料的电阻率。本文将介绍气体探测器的（不全面的）历史，以描述玻璃在 MRPC 中的使用，包括一些利用该技术的实验示例。