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The overall best glass is probably fused silica. I doubt you can find it for anything other than high-end lab gear. The best glass for shatter resistance is th
by burfog 8y ago
The overall best glass is probably fused silica. I doubt you can find it for anything other than high-end lab gear.
The best glass for shatter resistance is the stuff used for large telescope mirrors, but that too would be expensive and I think somewhat easy to scratch. The scratch resistance would dramatically improve with a sapphire coating, as is done on the laser scanner windows in supermarket checkout lanes.
Metal doesn't really qualify if you want something transparent. I've noticed that it is very difficult to find stainless steel that is polished on the inside. The outside is normally polished, but I'm seldom trying to clean food off of the outside.
- icebraining 8y ago> Metal doesn't really qualify if you want something transparent. Well, there's Aluminium oxynitride aka ALON aka "Transparent Aluminium". Probably a bit expensive for cookware, though.
- durkie 8y agoThe "transparent aluminum" thing really needs to die. By the same logic you could just call normal glass "transparent silicon"...
- code_duck 8y agoYou could call lead crystal (aka crystal, which people often think is something other than glass) transparent lead by the same token. It’s 40 to 60% lead oxide by weight.
- code_duck 8y agoFused silica, aka quartz, is also employed widely in the cannabis industry. Cannabis concentrates are typically vaporized, or dab, from quartz ‘bangers’ or ‘nails’. Google Quave Club Banger or Joel Halen for more info.