Gorilla Glass

[Knowdafish]

its seems too flexible.... would bow under any real weight

That would depend on the thickness.

Plus it's treated with chemicals to make it so durable so I'm not sure how safe that would be.

Glass is generally inert. I'm doubtful anything would be able to leech out of it.

http://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/characteristics.aspx

i dont know if it would work. on my phone, it's pretty flexible and feels more like plastic...

The thickness used on your phone is way thinner than what would/could be used on an aquarium.

It's not meant to be load bearing, it's meant to be dent and scratch resistant.

I like how it's been around since the 60s, but had no commercial application at the time.

Think thicker, not just the thicknesses they were talking about in the article.

A lot of large companies aren't very good at marketing. A good example is 3M Post-It notes. They had a glue that would stick, but easily releases, yet they didn't know what to do with it until they thought up Post-Its years later!


This pic still blows me away!

Corning Gorilla Glass Stress Tests


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[wtf]

Hmm, it's manufactured only 1 hour and 20 minutes from me. If its not too expensive I should pick some up and see what it's like.

Where in Ky are you?

 

[Conner]

Where in Ky are you?

Louisville.

 

[balton777]

LOL I thought it was going to be for aquarium use.

 

[Knowdafish]

LOL I thought it was going to be for aquarium use.

It COULD be!