Tempering
Definition
Treatment producing a residual stress distribution that changes strength and fracture behaviour. Composition describes formulation, tempering concerns a treatment and stress distribution, and lamination describes an assembly of bonded plies.
- Context
- Glass properties
For example, heat treatment can alter a glass ply’s stress and fracture behaviour without making it a laminated assembly.
These are different characteristics.
Do not infer one from the name of another. Fracture behaviour and comparisons require observations appropriate to the actual glass and assembly.
Related terms
- Glass Composition
- Chemical formulation, distinct from the forming process and stress treatment. Composition describes formulation, tempering concerns a treatment and stress distribution, and lamination...
- Lamination
- Bonding of plies through interlayers to form an assembly. These are different characteristics. Do not infer one from the name of another....
- Within-Source Variation
- The natural variation observed among multiple samples collected from a single source location. Used to estimate the probability of the observed difference...