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Re: Tempered Grass Tank



"Peter G. Aitken" <peter at pgacon_com> wrote:

> I believe that tempered glass and auto glass are two different things. Auto
> glass is two pieces of glass with a plastic layer between them, to prevent

That is laminated glass. Used in the windshield. Side and back windows use
tempered glass. The glass layers used to build the laminated glass sandwich
are *not* tempered, as far as I know. 

> the glass from breaking into flying shards in an accident. Tempered glass is
> treated to make it harder and stronger.

And, for safety purposes, to break into small pieces.

- Ivo Busko
  Baltimore, MD