Superfest, chemically strengthened glass

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[–] 2 points 22 minutes ago*

Potassium ion exchange is the same process used to strengthen phone screen glass ("gorilla glass") and similar products - it's actually pretty easy to do at home, too (err... provided you're comfortable working with liquid potassium). Fascinating chemistry, god ceramics are cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 41 minutes ago (1 child)

    Fancy! I wonder how it would've compared to Duralex.

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  • [–] 1 point 17 minutes ago

    Chemically tempered glass is a great deal stronger than thermally tempered glass (up to 10x stronger than untreated glass vs. up to 2x, for an incredibly reductive yet illustrative oversimplification)

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