Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agoThey can take quite a bit of thermal shock (it is a ceramic glass composite)lemmy.zipimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1imageThey can take quite a bit of thermal shock (it is a ceramic glass composite)lemmy.zipPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoThere’s a cool thing where pyrex, Pyrex, and PYREX are all different kinds of glass, age only one of them is the really good scientific-grade glass.
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoOh, that might explain it then. Strange that the glass blower didn’t know that.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOnly PYREX is the original borosilicate glass. The other two are made with soda lime glass by a different manufacturer.
There’s a cool thing where pyrex, Pyrex, and PYREX are all different kinds of glass, age only one of them is the really good scientific-grade glass.
Oh, that might explain it then. Strange that the glass blower didn’t know that.
Only PYREX is the original borosilicate glass. The other two are made with soda lime glass by a different manufacturer.