Safety glass
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Safety glass is glass with additional safety features. Designs include:
  • Toughened glass
    Toughened glass
    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. Tempering creates balanced internal stresses which cause the glass, when broken, to crumble into small granular chunks instead of...

     (tempered glass)
  • Laminated glass
    Laminated glass
    Laminated glass is a type of safety glass that holds together when shattered. In the event of breaking, it is held in place by an interlayer, typically of polyvinyl butyral , between its two or more layers of glass. The interlayer keeps the layers of glass bonded even when broken, and its high...

  • Wire mesh glass (wired glass)
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