Glass is a unique building material: it is completely waterproof, its resistance to compression is several times higher than that of steel, it serves for a long time without wearing out and without losing its qualities. And the most valuable property of glass is its transparency. But there are qualities that limit the scope of this material - the fragility of glass and sharp, large fragments formed during its destruction. It was necessary to solve the questions: -How to make glass safe for humans and more durable? -How to diversify the properties of glass depending on the needs of a particular building and design?
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The origin of triplex
It helped to give answers to these questions, as is often the case, an accident. In 1903, an accident occurred in the laboratory of the French chemist Edward Benedict. Assessing the damage done, the chemist noticed that one of his glass flasks, with the remains of cellulose nitrate on the walls during the fall, crashed, but did not fall apart. Then Benedict developed the first technology for the production of fiberglass composite and in 1910 patented it. Such glasses were planned to be installed in car windows to reduce injuries in traffic accidents. This was not immediately accepted by automobile companies, but laminated glass is already being widely used in gas mask eyepieces during the First World War. Thus began the gradual introduction of a
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