METHOD OF MAKING GLASS

A method of making a single component glass or a multi-component glass whose properties are comparable to those of a single component glass from a multi-component glass is disclosed. The method includes providing a bath of molten glass having a glass forming material, and a glass modifying material having cations capable of being removed from the molten glass, and applying at least one force field selected from the group consisting of an electric field, an electrostatic field, a magnetic field, and an electromagnetic field causing the removal of the cations of the glass modifying material from the molten glass such that the concentration of cations in the molten glass is reduced.