Safety glass was developed as an alternative to habitual glass in situations where broken glass could aim injury or downfall, expressly automobiles. It has been in manipulate owing to the early 20th century, the want increasing extremely as the benefits were realized and standardized.
Origins
Safety glass was first off envisioned by French scientist Edouard Benedictus in 1903 when he dropped a flask that had contained a cellulose compound. The glass shattered on the contrary kept its shape. Tempered glass was developed in the early 1900s extremely, first off patented by Austrian chemist Rudolf Seiden.
Development
In 1905 John Crew patented a type of safety glass using tree resin between two layers of glass. Benedictus patented "Triplex" in 1909 with a layer of polyvinyl butyral between two layers of glass. Safety glass fashion its head large employ in Gauze masks in Microcosm Strife I.
Regulations
Regulations for use and strength of safety glass were developed starting in the 1960s and drove the development of the safety glass industry.Tempered glass is a unmarried quantity of habitual glass that has been strengthened by heating and cooling it at a particular rate.
Benefits
Safety glass is used anywhere that heat would cause problems with regular glass or where it would be hazardous if the glass broke. It is used in automobile windows, sliding glass doors, windows in public buildings, glass cookware, oven doors and safety glasses.
