Blast-Resistant Glass (University of Missouri)

Click to read full story: http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2009/0910-mu-engineers-develop-safer... COLUMBIA, Mo. To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University of Missouri researchers are developing and testing a new type of blast-resistant glass that will be thinner, lighter and less vulnerable to small-scale explosions.
Currently, blast-resistant window glass is more than 1 inch thick, which is much thicker than standard window glass that is only one-fourth of an inch thick and hurricane-protected window glass that is one-half of an inch thick, said Sanjeev Khanna, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the MU College of Engineering.

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Science & Technology

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• small-scale explosions
• federal
• protection
• terrorist attacks
• blast-resistant windows
• University of Missouri
• researchers
• testing
• Sanjeev Khanna

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The story is about making blast resistant glass that is cheaper more affordable so more buildings such as homes can use it.

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WTH

Correct me if I'm wrong but a blast resistant glass was already created by Peter Stephinson in 2003 with and StopShot glass has been distributing it in Australia since.

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