{"id":49,"date":"2022-02-02T21:22:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2022-02-02T21:22:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:22:50","slug":"tempered-or-toughened-glass-vs-annealed-glass-vs-laminated-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/tempered-or-toughened-glass-vs-annealed-glass-vs-laminated-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Tempered or Toughened Glass vs Annealed Glass vs Laminated Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glass has always been the most widely used material for big business buildings, but the modern housing world has also incorporated it for aesthetics. Three main glass materials used for both commercial and house buildings are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/tempered-glass\">tempered glass<\/a>, annealed glass, and laminated glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before making your purchase, make sure to give this piece a good read to differentiate between the three.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/tempered-glass\">Tempered Glass<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Manufacturing process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annealed glass plates are heated up to 1110\u00b0F then the outer surface is cooled eventually. The outer surface of the glass contracts faster as the glass is exposed to cooling.&nbsp; It shatters in small pieces which makes it safer than annealed glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Strength<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heating, cooling and chemical manufacturing process make the glass four times sturdier than any regular glass. It breaks into inch-size pieces without leaving any sharp edges to cause any harm when broken.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Application<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempered glass is used for interior safety purposes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Houses can use tempered glass in their showers and tub doors<\/li><li>Commercial buildings use tempered glass for big outside windows and doors<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Price Point<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempered glass is expensive than annealed glass but cheap compared to laminated glass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Annealed Glass<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Manufacturing process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annealed glass is heated above 600 degrees and then cooled at a very controlled and slow rate. It is simple regular glass which breaks in large pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Strength<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annealed glass sheets are very thin. It is not sturdier than tempered and laminated glass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Application<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annealed glass is usually used in cabinets, shelves, and tabletops<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Price Point<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is cheaper than tempered and laminated glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Laminated Glass<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Manufacturing process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laminated glass is a two tempered glass panels sandwich of thin ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) or vinyl-either polyvinyl butyral (PVB) layer. After shattering its broken pieces stay stuck with ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) or vinyl-either polyvinyl butyral layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Strength<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is five times stronger than any ordinary glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Application<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is most expensive; that is why often used in commercial buildings where safety is mainly concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Price Point<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is expensive than tempered glass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass has always been the most widely used material for big business buildings, but the modern housing world has also incorporated it for aesthetics. Three main glass materials used for both commercial and house buildings are tempered glass, annealed glass, and laminated glass.\u00a0 Before making your purchase, make sure to give this piece a good read to differentiate between the three.&nbsp; Tempered Glass Manufacturing process The annealed glass plates are heated up to 1110\u00b0F then the outer surface is cooled eventually. The outer surface of the glass contracts faster as the glass is exposed to cooling.&nbsp; It shatters in small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[7,8,5],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information","category-how-to","tag-annealed-glass","tag-laminated-glass","tag-tempered-glass","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassmirrorhouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}