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Glass Cookware Failure Analysis: Pyrex Pie Plate Failure

February 18, 2014 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Fracture Surface at One Failure Origin Assembled Pie Plate Showing Several Failure Origins Read Consulting Failure analysis lab performed a glass failure analysis. An annealed borosilicate glass Pyrex baking dish failed as a result “thermal shock”. There were multiple origins for the failure, and these all initiated at damage sites on the bottom of the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Cookware, Glass, Pyrex

Pyrex Glass Failure Analysis: Glass Baking Dish Failure Analysis

July 12, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

California glass expert witness performed a failure analysis on a pyrex glass baking dish. This dish was made from pyrex borosilicate glass, and the glass failure occured as the dish was being removed from the oven. The failure initiated at an internal glass defect. The defect appears to be a colapsed bubble (seed) in the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Borosilicate Glass, Glass, Pyrex, Tempered Glass

Glass Expert Discusses Termpered Glass Cookware

April 12, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Modern Pyrex glass cookware is now made from tempered soda lime glass. As a result, there is a potential that the tempered glass failure will create dangerous projectiles. In one case it was found that if the temper glass stresses are not symmetrical, flying glass pieces will occur. In the present case, tempered glass cookware […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Cookware, Glass Cookware, Pyrex, Tempered Glass

Glass Expert Discusses Glass Ovenware

September 18, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

A glass expert in California compares Pyrex glass ware from two eras. The original glass ovenware was developed by Corning Glass Works. They introduced annealed borosilicate glass that had a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the more common soda lime glass. The lower expansion coefficient reduced the level of thermal shock and allowed this glass […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Glass Ovenware, Heat Strengthened Glass, Pyrex, Tempered Glass

Pyrex Glass Bakeware

May 28, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass expert discusses recent changes in glass bakeware: Traditionally glass bakeware was made from Pyrex type glass (i.e. borosilicate) glass. Borosilicate glass has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than soda lime glass, and therefore, stresses generated by thermal gradients are less. This has changed. Now glass bakeware is made from tempered soda lime glass. […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass Bakeware, Pyrex

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