How many kinds of glass are there for home decoration?



In home decoration, glass is an indispensable element with unique and excellent performance, which can achieve functions such as space partition, light control, and table protection. So when decorating a home, where do you use glass materials? How to choose glass from different places? Let's talk about the topic of "the use of glass in decoration"，   Glass product     !

Every time I see glass products, I feel nervous. It feels like seeing a balloon and fearing its sudden explosion. Glass is a dangerous product in my mind. Although the technology of glass is quite mature now, with many types and patterns, this transparent thing always gives a feeling of vulnerability and danger.




Generally, glass used for decoration can be roughly divided into three categories: flat glass, safety glass, and special glass.




1. Flat glass




The earliest type of glass that emerged was flat glass, which refers to glass that has not undergone deep processing, equivalent to the original sheet, and can become various technical glass after secondary processing.



The advantages of flat glass are its affordable price, brightness, and good transparency.



There are a lot of disadvantages, such as poor safety, lack of heat insulation, sound insulation, easy to break, and easy to hurt if broken.




Few families now use this glass.




When selecting, it is important to note that if stored in a humid place for a long time, a layer of white cloud will form on its surface, which will greatly reduce the transparency of the glass.




2. Safety glass



Safety glass is a type of glass with special uses, including tempered glass, wire glass, and laminated glass.



Tempered glass



Tempered glass is the appearance of tempered flat glass, just like ordinary people wearing armor, becoming as hard as iron.



Its strength is several times that of flat glass, its tensile strength is 4.5 times, and its impact resistance is more than 5 times.



Tempered glass is not easy to crack, and even if it is exploded, it will not accidentally injure innocent people, because it is gathered together in granular form after being broken, and it is not easy to hurt people.




However, tempered glass is prone to self-explosion. The reason for self-explosion is that there are nickel sulfide (Nis) stones in the tempered glass that cause self-explosion. After homogenizing the nickel sulfide (Nis) stones, a homogeneous tempered glass appears.



The self explosion rate after treatment is greatly reduced.



Homogeneous tempered glass has the HST letter on it.



Tempered glass is the type with a tempered 3C mark on it that cannot be scratched off.



When selecting tempered glass, it is important to see if there is an explosion-proof film added. Currently, the self-explosion rate of tempered glass on the market is controlled within three thousandths. For safety reasons, many large enterprises take the initiative to add a layer of explosion-proof film, although in this case, they still need to inspect and inspect themselves.



Wired glass



Wired glass, also known as fireproof glass, is used to bond steel wire or wire mesh with glass, serving as a skeleton.



"It improves the strength of glass, and when the glass is subjected to impact or temperature changes dramatically, the internal steel wire can make the glass crack without scattering, preventing debris from splashing and injuring people. At the same time, it can also play a role in isolating flame, and is commonly used in places where fire and shock prevention are required.".




sandwich glass



Laminated glass is called laminated glass, also known as explosion-proof glass. It is a safety glass with good transparency, which is made by sandwiched a layer of transparent PVB resin film between two or more original glass sheets and bonded by hot pressing.




Laminated glass has strong seismic, explosion-proof, anti-theft capabilities, and can be soundproof, waterproof, heat resistant, and moisture resistant.




When laminated glass is broken, due to adhesive adhesion, the surface of the glass remains intact and will not be scattered and injured, with very high safety.



However, once water enters the glass interlayer, the glass surface becomes very blurred, affecting visual aesthetics.



Currently, this type of glass is widely used in decoration.




3. Special glass



Special glass belongs to glass for special purposes, including insulating glass, heat absorbing glass, heat reflecting glass, photochromic glass, electrothermal glass, foam glass, heat bending glass, profiled glass, composite fireproof glass, etc.



Here are several types of glass used in decoration.



Insulating glass, also known as heat insulating glass, is a type of glass that is effectively sealed by filling several layers of glass with desiccant.



It can maintain heat, insulate heat, prevent frost, and prevent condensation. Sound insulation is better than flat glass and is commonly used for windows.



However, if you want to sound insulation, you still have to choose laminated glass (laminated glass).



Heat absorbing glass has a certain degree of transparency and can absorb a certain amount of ultraviolet radiation and a large amount of infrared radiation energy.



Suitable for use in places where lighting and insulation are required.



Heat reflective glass has good heat insulation and light shielding performance, making people feel cool and comfortable, and also has good light transmittance. Due to its high thermal reflectivity, it is commonly used to make insulating glass or laminated glass to increase thermal insulation performance.



Suitable for high-rise buildings and other buildings, energy-saving and aesthetic.