Why does glass breaks?

Installing glass windows and doors have many benefits to the building. It can save a lot of energy and it adds up the beauty and value for that particular building. There are different types of glasses available for windows and glass. These glasses tend to break a lot. There are many reasons behind it. Here we discuss some facts about why glasses break.

Theoretically explaining, glass crushes or breaks when a relevant force surpass the strength of the glass makes contact with the glass. The thing to consider or look into is, was the force or load too great, or was the glass too weak?

Heated glasses are two times stronger than normal glass.

Tempered glass is 4 times stronger than normal glass.

Chemically strengthened glass is 4 times stronger than normal glass.

How strong glasses can be?

Hard coated glasses have less chance of breaking. They will be heat resistant, waterproof, temperable, bendable. The hard coating is applied during the manufacture of the glass.

How glasses can break?

Natural happenings can be one of the cause for glass breakage. Eg: Heavy storm, tornedo, hail stone.

How glasses can break?

Tensile stress like bending can also be a cause for glass breakage.

How glasses can break?

Artificial impact breaks glass. Eg: throwing stone.

When you notice a crack in the glass of the window or glass, even if it's a small crack, it's better to hire glass repair professionals and change it as soon as possible. Because small cracks may lead to total destruction of the glass and this may cause some injuries to the people near it.

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