Glass corrosion from automatic dishwashing has been investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and other surface sensitive methods. The results show completely different basic causes of glass attack. Local clouding at the mouth rim or line corrosion can be traced back to the production process of the glass. Components of cleaning agents were found to be responsible for iridescence and clouding all over. The comprehensive knowledge of the corrosion mechanism was used to establish one possible technical solution to avoid glass corrosion. Using the so-called Protector Dual Protection, the cleanness and brilliance of glass can be conserved even if the glass passed many cycles in automatic dishwashing. The mechanism to prevent the glass surface and enamels are described in this paper, which can be downloaded in full from: www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-30968/ilm1-2014iw...
