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Not a huge deal, but heads up from 3d ago that pyrex is now often tempered soda-lime glass & not borosilicate & is somewhat succeptible to thermal shock breakag
by rektide 3y ago
Not a huge deal, but heads up from 3d ago that pyrex is now often tempered soda-lime glass & not borosilicate & is somewhat succeptible to thermal shock breakage. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36206565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36206565
PYREX all caps should be borosilicate still & mostly immune (within reason).
- goostavos 3y agoI learned this one on a very unhappy thanksgiving! It shattered so explosively that every single single food dish was contaminated with glass shards (and some of my blood). That ended up being a fast food for dinner night.