Hacker News with Generative AI: Glass

Why 'Prince Rupert's Drop' Glass Is Strong Enough to Shatter a Bullet (2023) (popularmechanics.com)
Don’t be fooled by this delicate drop of glass. It’s actually really hard to destroy.

Science, Materials Science, Physics, Glass, Strength

63 points by susam 16 days ago | 31 comments

Is it possible to build a perfectly spherical prince Ruperts drop (2015) (stackexchange.com)
Prince Rupert's Drops are glass objects created by dripping molten glass into cold water. While the outside of the drop quickly cools, the inside remains hot for a longer time. When it eventually cools, it shrinks, setting up very large compressive stresses on the surface.

Physics, Materials Science, Glass, Engineering

49 points by nadermx 135 days ago | 18 comments

Corning's Extreme ULE glass debuts for next-gen High-NA EUV chipmaking (tomshardware.com)

Chip Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Glass, Technology, Innovation

4 points by rbanffy 205 days ago | 0 comments

Superfest – The almost unbreakable East German Glass (2021) (digitalcosmonaut.com)

History, East Germany, Documentary, Glass, Art

192 points by jsiepkes 356 days ago | 146 comments

Superfest. Unbreakable glass, 70s forerunner of Gorilla Glass [video] (youtube.com)

Technology, History, Innovation, Glass, Video

12 points by dtagames 359 days ago | 0 comments