Can you use Bullet Proof Glass?????

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I was wondering can you use bullet proof glass to make a aquarium. The Bulletproof glass is 1.5" thick. I was thinking if I used 1" thick acrylic for the bottom and 1.5" thick for the side walls, and 1" thick for the top bracing?

Or I could just use 1.5" thick bullet proof glass all the way around. I'm thinking 48"x48"x36".

The reason I'm asking is that a business that never got off the ground in detroit has some brand new bullet proof glass that is brand new with no holes or scratches that is willing to let go of this for a third of what it is worth? If it would work I might be intrested
 
I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. It would make for one tough tank.

Is the glass tempered and/or laminated? What makes it bullet-proof?
 
Bullet proof glass is very very very heavy.

You would highly increase the weight/floor/ tank building risk factor
 
I don't think it is glass. The OP kept saying 'acrylic', so I think he was saying glass for a lack of a better word.
 
yeah. bullet-proof glass is thicker than 1.5", so it must be acrylic
 
bullet "resistant" glass, its not actually glass though, is multiple sheets of a tough clear polymer laminated to promote strength and the layers provide a catch system for the rounds that hit. same principle as a bulletproof vest using dozens of layers of kevlar.
the multiple laminated layers also prevent explosive shattering like normal untreated glass. the weight comes from the dozens of polymer layers being bonded into one. its also extremely tough to cut, its stops bullets afterall, and is usually a specialised job. for example you dont cut kevlar with normal scissors you use ceramic so a glass cutter isnt going to work on ballistic grade glass.
i know how heavy it is and tough it is as i have had to work with explosives at close proximity and a sheet of ballistic glass stopped our heads, or faces at a minimum, from getting blown off if something went wrong while attatching the explosives. if you knock on it like you knock on a regular window you can feel the difference on your knuckle.
cheaper using normal glass IMO. i have heard of people using bullet resistant glass for a type of marine shrimp as a precaution though. something about it using its claw as a fist or something. how true i dont know cos i dont do marine.
 
Yeah you guys are right!!!! I called and checked again. It was the special glass not acrylic. That would be too heavy. I might as use glass. I think I will just stick to good ole cell cast acrylic!!!


Thanks for all the input!!!!!
 
They will have a hard time selling it in this economy. Keep tabs on it and give them a lowball offer if you can use it. If it is the laminated bullet proof glass, then new acrylic or plate glass will probably be cheaper than what they are willing to accept.
 
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