As we’ve documented on our blog in the past, glass has a rich and intriguing history as one of mankind’s most durable materials. At Allenby Glass, we believe in using only the highest quality glass to ensure aesthetic quality and safety for the consumer.
Glass is generally a very resilient material so imagine our surprise when we encountered news that Japanese scientists have now developed “ultra-hard glass”! Formed from ‘alumina’ which is the oxide of aluminium, the team responsible for this project are hoping to commercialise the product for public use. The glass is said to be very thin which would make it ideal for protecting handheld products such as mobile phones from clumsy butter fingers and other such accidents.
If you happen to find the intricacies of glass science a fascinating pursuit then you may wish to explore the team’s research here in the ‘Scientific Reports’ journal. The discovery of this ultra hard material was a result of a collaborative effort between the University of Tokyo and Japan’s Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute. This is not the first time such efforts have been pursued to make an ultra hard glass but may be the first success.
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To read more into the scientific details, you can check the original news report here at the BBC.
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