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production by thermal process
- In safety glass
…heat-treatment method, glass sheets are tempered at about 650 °C (1200 °F), followed by sudden chilling. This treatment increases the strength of the glass sheets approximately sixfold. When such glass does break, it shatters into blunt granules.
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use in building construction
- In construction: Enclosure systems
…which holds together when broken; tempered glass, which is very strong and breaks into tiny and relatively harmless fragments; and laminated glass, which consists of two layers of glass heat-welded together by an intermediate plastic film. Laminated glass can also be made with tinted lamination film, producing many colours not…
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