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Tempered safety glass is a single piece of glass that gets tempered using a process that heats, and then quickly cools, the glass to harden it. The tempering process increases the strength of the glass to 5 to 10 times that of untempered glass. Tempered automotive 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.

Tempered safety glass is also used in:

·   Computer monitors

·   Liquid crystal displays (LCDs)

·   Skylights

·   Refrigerator shelves

·   Oven doors

·   Storm doors

You can easily spot tempered safety glass in an automobile rear windows on a sunny day if you are wearing polarized sunglasses.