Pull a glass out of the oven or dishwasher when it is hot and place ice water into the glass and it may break due to thermal shock.
Breaking a sheet of tempered glass.
How to safely break a sheet of tempered glass step 1.
Any non tempered glass will normally break as a single crack or multiple cracks which develop or propagate from origin either spontaneously or gently.
Spread a 10 foot length of industrial paper.
Tempered glass is used where there is a likelihood of human contact and as such is made to shatter into small pieces when broken.
Dress in a long sleeved shirt long pants and.
Thick industrial paper is used to catch the broken tempered glass.
These breaks tend to be linear and not circular.
The small pieces are not very sharp and safer to deal with than the next type.
Spontaneous breakage in tempered glass is however much more dramatic as the whole pane of tempered glass breaks with a loud noise and high visibility as it breaks into thousands of small pieces.
The glass breakage is shown full speed half speed.
Always wear protective clothing when working with glass.
Breaking tempered glass at work.