In modern home decoration, the choice of lighting is crucial, and many lighting uses tempered glass as lampshades or decorative parts.
First of all, tempered glass is specially treated glass with much higher impact resistance than ordinary glass. It is achieved by heating ordinary glass to a point close to the softening point and then cooling it rapidly, so that compressive stress is formed on the surface of the glass and tensile stress is formed inside. This stress distribution enables tempered glass to withstand large external forces without breaking when it is impacted. Generally speaking, the impact resistance of tempered glass of the same thickness is 3-5 times that of ordinary glass.
Secondly, lighting tempered glass is usually able to cope well with general collisions in daily use. For example, when cleaning lighting, occasional light touches or accidental collisions with small objects, tempered glass will basically not break due to its high impact resistance. Even if there are children or pets at home, when they occasionally accidentally hit the lighting, as long as the collision is not particularly severe, the tempered glass can remain intact.
Furthermore, under normal environmental conditions, such as temperature changes, slight vibrations, etc., tempered glass can also stably maintain its performance. It has good thermal stability and can withstand temperature changes within a certain range without breaking. This means that in different seasons or different usage environments, lighting tempered glass will not have problems due to normal temperature fluctuations.
However, we cannot completely ignore some special cases. If there is a strong external impact, such as an object falling from a high place and hitting the lighting tempered glass, or being hit by a sharp object, tempered glass may also break. Although tempered glass will break into small particles when it breaks, reducing the harm to the human body, it will still cause damage to the lighting after all.
In addition, long-term exposure to harsh environmental conditions may also affect the impact resistance of tempered glass. For example, long-term exposure to high temperature, high humidity or corrosive gases may cause the surface of tempered glass to be eroded, thereby reducing its impact resistance.
In addition, whether the installation process is correct will also affect the impact resistance of tempered glass. If there is not enough expansion space reserved during installation, or the installation fixing point is unreasonable, the glass may reduce its impact resistance due to uneven force during use.
In general daily use, the impact resistance of lighting tempered glass is sufficient to cope with most risks. However, in some special cases, such as being subjected to large external impact, being in a harsh environment for a long time, or being improperly installed, it may also break. Therefore, when choosing and using lighting tempered glass, you should pay attention to choosing products of reliable quality, installing it correctly, and try to avoid it from being subjected to possible large impacts and harsh environments, so as to ensure that it can be used stably for a long time and provide a safe and beautiful lighting environment for our lives.
