{"id":2563,"date":"2023-08-09T11:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/produkter\/chemically-tempered-glass\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:34:17","slug":"chemically-tempered-glass","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/products\/chemically-tempered-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemically tempered glass"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2563\" class=\"elementor elementor-2563 elementor-298\" data-elementor-post-type=\"product\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79cc5ccb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79cc5ccb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2db50140 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2db50140\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f4e76c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f4e76c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Chemically tempered glass \u2013 The thin, strong product with the fine, hard surface<\/h2>\n<p>Chemically tempered glass \u2013 also known as chemically strengthened glass \u2013 is used i.e. as protective glass on electronic instruments, smartphones, cameras and in industrial solutions, where requirements demands thin glass with high strength and scratch resistance. This type of glass is known by many as \u201cgorilla glass\u201d, but \u201cgorilla glass\u201d is actually a specific raw material (Aluminosilicate glass), which is hardened and used for e.g. smartphones. We have similar raw materials that are also very suitable for chemical tempering. It is the chemical composition of the glass that determines its suitability.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to to use the process on most types of glass. However concerning glass types with a sodium content of less than 10% it difficult to document the effect of chemically tempering.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in hearing more about chemically tempered glass and how it may be the right solution for you, feel free to contact us.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc44f6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2cc44f6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/contact-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us today<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aef666 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3aef666\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a30c929 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a30c929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-icon.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4caa1366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4caa1366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=ML5daXPhmPQ&quot;,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;lazy_load&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/miritglas.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/ML5daXPhmPQ.jpeg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1832,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/miritglas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ML5daXPhmPQ.jpeg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-play\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M838 162C746 71 633 25 500 25 371 25 258 71 163 162 71 254 25 367 25 500 25 633 71 746 163 837 254 929 367 979 500 979 633 979 746 933 838 837 929 746 975 633 975 500 975 367 929 254 838 162M808 192C892 279 933 379 933 500 933 621 892 725 808 808 725 892 621 938 500 938 379 938 279 896 196 808 113 725 67 621 67 500 67 379 108 279 196 192 279 108 383 62 500 62 621 62 721 108 808 192M438 392V642L642 517 438 392Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89ebc00 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89ebc00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5599654c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5599654c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15938d52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15938d52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Properties of chemically tempered glass<\/h3>\n<p>The optical quality of chemically tempered glass is extremely good because the surfaces are strengthened by the tempering process without being mechanically affected. This preserves the original optic properties of the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Chemical tempering is particularly suitable for glass that is thinner than 3 mm. Glass all the way down to 0.1 mm in thickness can be processed with a chemical tempering. Glass that is thicker than 3 mm can also be chemically tempered, but since it is a process that strengthens the surface, the impact and bending strength becomes proportionally smaller the thicker the glass. However, you still get resistance to scratches and temperature differences.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43c62dde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43c62dde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e87ffc3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e87ffc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dc504f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dc504f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>CHEMICAL STREGTHENING ADDS FOLLOWING TO THE GLASS:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved impact strength<\/li>\n<li>Improved flexural strength<\/li>\n<li>Increased resistance to temperature changes<\/li>\n<li>Improved scratch resistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e2f1dec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e2f1dec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5724ca33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5724ca33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33668d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33668d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Processing of chemically tempered glass<\/h3><p>Unlike thermally tempered glass, chemically tempered glass can be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/production\/\">subsequently processed<\/a>. You can grind, cut and drill in it, but the exposed edges will not be hardened, so the strength of the glass is reduced. It is also possible to chemically harden glass, which is already<a href=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/produkt\/bent-glass\/\">\u00a0curved in different shapes<\/a>.<\/p><h3>Chemically tempered glass is not safety glass<\/h3><p>Despite the increased strength against impact and bending, chemically tempered glass cannot be qualified as a safety glass. It does not granulate like thermally tempered glass, but instead breaks and shatters similar to ordinary glass (though in much smaller pieces). If the solution requires a safety glass that granulates upon breaking , one should choose thermally tempered glass instead, or 2 chemically tempered glasses that are laminated together, by laminating the glass together it becomes a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/produkt\/safety-glass\/\">safety glass.<\/a><\/p><p>Want to hear more. Contact us and we will help you to find the right solution.<\/p><h3>The chemically tempering process<\/h3><p>At Mirit Glas, we primarily use two types of glass when we make chemically strengthened glass. It is plain soda-lime glass and aluminosilicate glass. The actual chemical tempering process is the same for both type of glass, but the raw material cost is different, leaving aluminosilicate glass more expensive, but faster to chemical temper, so depending on the size and quantity it must be decided which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/raw-materials\/\">raw material<\/a>\u00a0to choose. Also aluminosilicate glass can be made stronger after chemical tempering than<a href=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/en\/produkt\/float-glass\/\">\u00a0soda-lime glass<\/a>\u00a0and when aluminosilicate glass breaks is will break in much smaller pieces than soda-lime glass.<br \/>The main ingredient when chemically tempering is potassium nitrate, which is heated to about 400 degrees to make it liquid. The glass is chemically hardened by being immersed in the molten potassium nitrate bath for a certain amount of time.<br \/>Soda-lime glass must be immersed in the tank for 16 hours, while aluminosilicate glass can simply be immersed for four hours.<br \/>While the glass is immersed in the solution, a chemical process takes place in the surface of the glass, where sodium ions are replaced with the larger potassium ions. This causes the surface to be compressed and the core of the glass to compensate by stress tension. It makes the glass stronger, mores scratch resistant and even heat resistant up to 250\u00b0C. Chemically tempered aluminosilicate glass can reach a surface compression up to 5 times the values of normal thermal tempered soda-lime glass.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2988db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2988db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/miritglas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pasted_image.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2056\" alt=\"Kemisk h\u00e6rdet glas - tyndt og st\u00e6rkt. Microscopic view of Gorilla Glass surface after chemical tempering, highlighting increased durability and scratch resistance. 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