On today’s XDA Developer TV Mad Scientist Erica presents a short
documentary video on Gorilla Glass, or more specifically scratch
resistant glass. With some sample scratch resistant glass products
from Spigen, Erica delves into this topic showing the strengths and
weaknesses of this product.
In this video Erica talks what scratch resistant glass is, how it is
made and the science behind it. Also, she talks about some common
misconceptions of scratch resistant glass. Finally, Erica engages in
some real world scratch and drop tests. So check out this video and
learn some important information about scratch resistant glass.
Erica’s Research and Information :
Oleophobic Glass Substrates –
Corning Museum Tempering (thermal and chemical) –
Compression Layers of Thermal and Chemical Tempering –
All Corning’s used literature in my studies –
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Time Code List:
Intro – 0:00
How is Gorilla Glass Made – 1:14
Major misconception – 2:42
Aha! The Oleophobic layer – 5:48
Scratch tests – 7:20
Drop tests – 12:26
