The difference between acrylic glass and ordinary glass

The difference between acrylic glass and ordinary glass What are the advantages and disadvantages of acrylic glass?

Glass, before it came along, was not very transparent in people’s homes. With the advent of glass, a new era is coming. Recently, in terms of glass houses, many The point is still in an advanced state, especially for items such as acrylic. As for the appearance of acrylic alone, it is not much different from glass. So what is the difference between acrylic glass and ordinary glass? What are the advantages and disadvantages of acrylic glass?

The difference between acrylic glass and ordinary glass.
Glass is divided into organic and inorganic, the most common is ordinary inorganic glass. Plexiglass is also called acrylic. Plexiglas is very similar to ordinary glass in appearance. For example, if a piece of clear plexiglass and regular glass are put together, many people may not be able to tell the difference.
1. High transparency
Plexiglas is currently the best transparent polymeric material, with a light transmission of 92%, higher than that of glass. The tubes of solar lamps called mini-soles are made of quartz because quartz is completely transparent to ultraviolet rays. Ordinary glass can only pass through 0.6% of UV rays, but organic glass can pass through 73%.
2. High mechanical resistance
The relative molecular mass of plexiglass is approximately 2 million. It is a long chain polymer compound and the chain that makes up the molecule is very soft. Therefore, the strength of plexiglass is relatively high, and its tensile and impact strength is 7-7% higher than ordinary glass 18 times. It is a heated and stretched plexiglass, in which the molecular segments are arranged in a very orderly manner, which significantly improves the toughness of the material. Nails are used to nail this type of plexiglass, even if the nail penetrates, there will be no cracks in the plexiglass.
This type of plexiglass will not break into pieces after being pierced by bullets. Therefore, stretched plexiglass can be used as bulletproof glass and cover in military aircraft.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of acrylic glass?
1. The acrylic plate has excellent weather resistance, high surface hardness and surface gloss, and good high temperature performance.
2. Acrylic sheet has good processing performance, which can be thermoformed or machined.
3. Transparent acrylic sheet has light transmission comparable to glass, but its density is only half that of glass. Also, it is not as brittle as glass, and if it does break, it does not form sharp shards like glass.
4. The wear resistance of the acrylic plate is similar to that of aluminum material, with good stability and corrosion resistance to various chemicals.
5. The acrylic plate has good printing and spraying properties, and the ideal surface decoration effect can be given to acrylic products by using appropriate printing and spraying processes.
6. Flame resistance: It is not self-igniting but it is flammable and does not have self-extinguishing properties.
The above content mainly describes the difference between Xiaobian acrylic glass and ordinary glass. What are the specific advantages and disadvantages of acrylic glass? , the gap between the two does not clear up overnight, so it should not be very relaxed.