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Automakers began using laminated safety glass, also known as auto glass, for automobile windshields in 1927. To make laminated safety glass, the manufacturer sandwiches a thin layer of flexible clear plastic film called polyvinyl butyral (PVB) between two or more pieces of<a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/question404.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">glass</a>. The plastic film holds the glass in place when the glass breaks, helping to lessen injuries from flying glass. The film also can stretch, yet the glass still sticks to it. It is also quite difficult to penetrate laminated safety glass, compared to normal window pane glass. The "sandwich with some give" that laminated safety glass is made of also helps hold the occupants in a vehicle! <a href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/banking/bank.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">Banks</a> use a multiple-layer laminated <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/question476.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">glass</a> to help stop bullets. </div>
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Laminated safety glass has two other additional benefits:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">It reduces transmission of high frequency <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/hearing.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">sound</a>.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">It blocks 97 percent of <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/sunscreen2.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">ultraviolet radiation</a>.</li>
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Laminated safety glass is also used in:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://home.howstuffworks.com/therm.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">Thermometers</a> for taking <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/cellular-microscopic/question45.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">body temperature</a></li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Cutting boards</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Greenhouse windows</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Shower enclosures</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Office partitions</li>
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Laminated safety glass resists falling out of its frame during an <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/earthquake.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">earthquake</a> or a <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/tornado.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">tornado</a>.</div>
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Tempered safety glass is a single piece of glass that gets tempered using a process that heats, then quickly cools, the glass to harden it. The tempering process increases the strength of the glass to five to 10 times that of untempered glass. Tempered safety glass breaks differently than regular clear glass. When tempered safety glass is struck it does not break into sharp jagged pieces of shrapnel-like glass as normal window panes or mirrors do. Instead, it breaks into little pebble-like pieces, without sharp edges. It is used in the side and rear windows of automobiles. Eyewear uses tempered glass that has been tempered using a chemical process.</div>
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Tempered safety glass is also used in:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/monitor.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">Computer monitors</a></li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lcd.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">Liquid crystal displays (LCDs)</a></li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Skylights</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/refrig.htm" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">Refrigerator</a> shelves</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Oven doors</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Storm doors</li>
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You can easily spot tempered safety glass in an automobile rear windows on a sunny day if you are wearing <a href="http://shopproducts.howstuffworks.com/sunglasses/SF-7/BEFID-22686/DNATRS-sn_lens_material_glass" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: none;">polarized sunglasses</a>. Tilt your head 90 degrees or so and you will see a symmetrical pattern in the glass created during its tempering process.<br />
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Source:<a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/question508.htm" style="background-color: transparent;">http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/question508.htm</a></div>
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