Tempered Glass
Get a sufficient amount of silica sand.
Add sodium carbonate and calcium oxide to the sand.
Add other chemicals to improve or change the properties of the glass
Add chemicals for color
Place the mixture in a good heat-resistant crucible or holder.
Melt the mixture into a liquid
Homogenize (mix in other chemicals such as sodium sulfate, sodium chloride or antimony oxide.)And remove bubbles from the molten glass.
Shape the molten glass. By cooling into molds or blowing the glass at the end of a special tube.
Cool the glass
Anneal the glass to make it stronger
* Tempered glass is heat resistant, making it 4 to 5 times stronger than regular glass and harder to break. It is often referred to as "safety glass." * Tempered glass is used for such items as car windows (side and rear), house windows, oven windows, shower doors, and coffee makers. * Unlike other types of glass, if any part of the tempered glass is broken, the entire sheet shatters. This prevents the weakening of the glass over time. * Tempered glass is made strong by an extreme heat and then rapid cooling process. The manufacturing process is what sets tempered glass apart from other types of glass. This same process is also what allows the tempered glass to be heat resistant. * It is commonly believed that car windshields are made of tempered glass when, in fact, they are made from laminated glass. Laminated glass has a layer of plastic between two sheets of glass. If the glass should break, the broken pieces of glass stick to the plastic rather than fall into the car and onto the driver. * Tempered glass is the term used to refer to glass that has been toughened to make it more durable. The process of toughening tempered glass involves heating the glass to intense temperatures before cooling it quickly in a process that is well-controlled. In some instances, chemical treatments are likewise applied to make the glass stronger. * It requires more force to break tempered
Add sodium carbonate and calcium oxide to the sand.
Add other chemicals to improve or change the properties of the glass
Add chemicals for color
Place the mixture in a good heat-resistant crucible or holder.
Melt the mixture into a liquid
Homogenize (mix in other chemicals such as sodium sulfate, sodium chloride or antimony oxide.)And remove bubbles from the molten glass.
Shape the molten glass. By cooling into molds or blowing the glass at the end of a special tube.
Cool the glass
Anneal the glass to make it stronger
* Tempered glass is heat resistant, making it 4 to 5 times stronger than regular glass and harder to break. It is often referred to as "safety glass." * Tempered glass is used for such items as car windows (side and rear), house windows, oven windows, shower doors, and coffee makers. * Unlike other types of glass, if any part of the tempered glass is broken, the entire sheet shatters. This prevents the weakening of the glass over time. * Tempered glass is made strong by an extreme heat and then rapid cooling process. The manufacturing process is what sets tempered glass apart from other types of glass. This same process is also what allows the tempered glass to be heat resistant. * It is commonly believed that car windshields are made of tempered glass when, in fact, they are made from laminated glass. Laminated glass has a layer of plastic between two sheets of glass. If the glass should break, the broken pieces of glass stick to the plastic rather than fall into the car and onto the driver. * Tempered glass is the term used to refer to glass that has been toughened to make it more durable. The process of toughening tempered glass involves heating the glass to intense temperatures before cooling it quickly in a process that is well-controlled. In some instances, chemical treatments are likewise applied to make the glass stronger. * It requires more force to break tempered