This article looks at the strength of glass, and features a table on the breaking stresses of annealed glasses of various types, ie fibre, LCD glass etc. Architectural glass today stands besides the safety windshield as a fine example of combining polymers with glass to achieve safe applications that are also beautiful. The use of polymers to enhance the basic properties of glass has extended the use of glass. One attribute of glass that is barely touched is its intrinsic strength. Commercial glasses exhibit only a fraction of their potential strength, and for years people have been searching for ways to take advantage of this. .
Origin
Glass Manufacturing, Usa
Journal Title
65Th Conference On Glass Problems 2004 171-179
Sector
General
Class
G 2997