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   dlzc to Volney   
   Re: Broken tempered glass turns brown?   
   27 Oct 18 11:18:19   
   
   From: dlzc1@cox.net   
      
   Dear Volney:   
      
   On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 12:01:20 AM UTC-7, Volney wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   So either:   
   - the table glass was already beer bottle brown, and not clear;   
   - the glass was covered with mud (or mildew), and he did not notice;   
   - the glass had been bombarded with radiation, which displaces charges of   
   their normal sites, and turns normal glass beer bottle brown (seen this with   
   gamma radiation, works with e-beam sterilizers too);   
   - the original glass blew away elsewhere, and a different glass table top   
   ended up in his yard, broken.   
      
   David A. Smith   
      
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