what is the difference between safety glass and regular glass?

Answer 1

Windsheild safety glass is two plates of glass lamenated together with plastic -- this allows the glass to 'give' if your head hits it in a collision without breaking your neck; tempered glass, usually found in door and back glass, is designed to shatter into thousands of very small pieces to help prevent lacerations. Tempered glass is very strong as opposed to lamenate glass and is used in doors because it resists breaking when the door is shut (20,000 times).

Answer 2

Ellis D had the right answer about safety glass. Whihc is usually only found in car windshields. The glass that only breaks into tiny pieces is actually tempered glass which is used in all kinds of areas that regular glass is used.

Answer 3

I've had both types and based on my experiences with them, glass is more durable than plastic. It doesn't scratch as easily and is less likely to smudge when you're cleaning it. However, it is considerably heavier than plastic which could be very uncomfortable if you wear a strong prescription since your glasses will feel heavy and constantly slide down your nose. If you wear a mild prescription, glass would be a better choice since it doesn't get scratched or scuffed up nearly as much. Even when treated with scratch resistant materials, plastic lenses still get scratched more easily than glass. As for safety concerns, I wore glass lenses for years. I never had problems with breaking them. If anything, the frames were more likely to break than the lenses. Aside from changing prescriptions, that was the most common reason I had to replace my glasses. Another thing I'd like to mention was that in the past before high index came along, another reason I would choose glass was because the lenses were thinner than plastic.

Answer 4

ok all this is fact ok
safety glass is like temperd steel , it has been heat up quickly then cooled quickly , this process toughens the glass making safety glass . so when you break it it will break into small bit so they dont cut you only scratch you ,now glass that is not safety glass breaks into bigs bits normal glass is called float glass because it float into ya skin when it cuts you to bits when it breaks ,, oh the guy up the top is talking about laminated glass.
by the way i must go on , in the uk all double glazing over certin size has to be safety glass or laminated,,, the rules for safety glass in the uk are very different than the us.,, hope this give you the info that you need ,,good luck in your quest,,

Answer 5

Example...if you were to put super-strong tape onto both sides of a piece of glass, then broke it, it'd still break, but the tape on both sides would hold it together. That's like safety glass (windshields, for instance).
But now, do the same thing w/ a piece of glass without any tape and break it. That's like regular glass.

Answer 6

Safety glass when broken will break into tiny little pieces. Regular glass will not.

Answer 7

Safety glass has a semi-viscous liquid plastic sandwiched in between two sheets of tempered glass, and a clear poly layer on the inside of the glass so when you crash your windshield doesn't cut you into cole-slaw.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

safety glass breaks into millions of little pieces not cuttting u, the other just breaks into shards

Answer 10

Safety glass is harder to break and it is not supposed to cut you when it does break.