Mechanical Properties of Glass

The density of glass is 2.5 which provides flat glass a mass of two .5kg per m2 per mm of thickness, or 2500 kg per m3. The compressive strength of glass is extremely high 1000 N/mm2 = 1000 MPa. This means that to shatter a 1 cm cube of glass, it requires a load of some 10 tons

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