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title: Tempered Glass
description: "### Description Glasses may be heat-treated to enhance their resistance to mechanical and thermal shocks. ![](/_images/products/Tempered/termobel.jpg) There are three types of glass: - heat-strengthened - thermally toughened - thermally toughened and Heat Soaked Breakage pattern: - into small blunt pieces…"
url: "https://metalcoglazing.com/products-docs/tempered-glass/"
updated: "2024-05-23"
category: TEMPERED GLASS
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# Tempered Glass

### Description

Glasses may be heat-treated to enhance their resistance to mechanical and thermal shocks.

![](/_images/products/Tempered/termobel.jpg)

There are three types of glass:

- heat-strengthened
- thermally toughened
- thermally toughened and Heat Soaked

Breakage pattern:

- into small blunt pieces (means that they may be considered safety glasses)
  - of thermally toughened glass
  - of thermally toughened glass and which may or may not be Heat Soaked
- into large sharp pieces of heat-strengthened glass (means that it cannot be considered safety glass)