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cwilluyesterday at 11:20 PM1 replyview on HN

My intuition is that you get shattering when one part of the glass wants to warp across or away from another part that can't. Because of how thin the glass is in these processes, you mostly get warping and edge chipping, rather than something that can propogate catastropically


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ahartmetztoday at 8:15 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borosilicate_glass Uses / Electronics It's at least much more resistant to temperature shocks than regular glass.