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Toughened glass

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Toughened or tempered glass is a type of safety glass processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal glass. [1]

30 relations: Annealing (glass), Arc International, Baking, Borosilicate glass, Bulletproof glass, Car, Charles II of England, Chemically strengthened glass, Compression (physics), Cooking, Corelle, Corning Inc., Diving mask, Float glass, Glassing, Gorilla Glass, Harold McMaster, Heat treating, Ion exchange, Laminated glass, Polarizer, Potassium nitrate, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Prince Rupert's Drop, Pyrex, Rudolph A. Seiden, Safety glass, Tension (physics), Thermal stress, Windshield.

Annealing (glass)

Annealing of glass is a process of slowly cooling hot glass objects after they have been formed, to relieve residual internal stresses introduced during manufacture.

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Arc International

Arc International is a French manufacturer and distributor of household goods.

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Baking

Baking is a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones.

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Borosilicate glass

Borosilicate glass is a type of glass with silica and boron trioxide as the main glass-forming constituents.

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Bulletproof glass

Bulletproof glass (also known as ballistic glass, transparent armor, or bullet-resistant glass) is a type of strong but optically transparent material that is particularly resistant to being penetrated when struck.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Chemically strengthened glass

Chemically strengthened glass is a type of glass that has increased strength as a result of a post-production chemical process.

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Compression (physics)

In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.

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Cooking

Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption.

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Corelle

Corelle is a brand of glassware and dishware.

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Corning Inc.

Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications.

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Diving mask

A diving mask (also half mask, dive mask or scuba mask) is an item of diving equipment that allows underwater divers, including, scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater.

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Float glass

Float glass is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal, typically tin, although lead and various low melting point alloys were used in the past.

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Glassing

Glassing is a physical attack using a glass or bottle as a weapon.

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Gorilla Glass

Gorilla Glass is a brand of specialized toughened glass developed and manufactured by Corning, now in its fifth generation, designed to be thin, light and damage-resistant.

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Harold McMaster

Harold A. McMaster (July 20, 1916 – August 25, 2003) was an inventor with over 100 patents and entrepreneur who founded four companies.

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Heat treating

Heat treating (or heat treatment) is a group of industrial and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material.

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Ion exchange

Ion exchange is an exchange of ions between two electrolytes or between an electrolyte solution and a complex.

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Laminated glass

Laminated glass is a type of safety glass that holds together when shattered.

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Polarizer

A polarizer or polariser is an optical filter that lets light waves of a specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations.

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Potassium nitrate

Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula KNO3.

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December 1619 – 29 November 1682) was a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century.

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Prince Rupert's Drop

Prince Rupert's Drops (also known as Dutch or Batavian tears) are toughened glass beads created by dripping molten glass into cold water, which causes it to solidify into a tadpole-shaped droplet with a long, thin tail.

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Pyrex

Pyrex (trademarked as PYREX) is a brand introduced by Corning Inc. in 1908 for a line of clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware.

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Rudolph A. Seiden

Rudolph A. Seiden (August 13, 1900 in Langenwang, Styria, Austria – June 12, 1965 in Kansas City, USA) was an American chemist of Austrian origin and a Zionist activist.

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Safety glass

Safety glass is glass with additional safety features that make it less likely to break, or less likely to pose a threat when broken.

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Tension (physics)

In physics, tension may be described as the pulling force transmitted axially by the means of a string, cable, chain, or similar one-dimensional continuous object, or by each end of a rod, truss member, or similar three-dimensional object; tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of said elements.

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Thermal stress

Thermal stress is stress created by any change in temperature to a material.

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Windshield

The windshield (North America) or windscreen (Commonwealth English) of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike or tram is the front window.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toughened_glass

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