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   Volney to omnilobe@gmail.com   
   Re: Broken tempered glass turns brown?   
   27 Oct 18 03:01:37   
   
   From: volney@volney.invalid   
      
   On 10/22/2018 5:04 PM, omnilobe@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 9:20:53 AM UTC-10, Volney wrote:   
   >> A friend had a clear tempered glass patio table with an umbrella. A   
   >> windstorm grabbed the umbrella and broke the glass. The glass broke into   
   >> a million pieces, but the odd thing was was they were all brown! What   
   >> happened, chemically or physically, that caused the glass to go from   
   >> clear to brown when it broke?   
   >   
   > Show photos of the glass. How dark is the brown? Does it have a plastic   
   layer?   
   >   
   He no longer has the broken glass and has no pictures. He said there   
   wasn't any sign of a plastic layer and the glass was similar in color to   
   brown beer bottle glass.   
      
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