Re: u-wave oven: I just MELTED a frickkn BEER BOTTLE

"Jacobe Hazzard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Kevin McMurtrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> 
> > I've never gotten the electric glass thing to survive
> > cooldown.  It
> > always goes "pop!"  Careful with your glassware
> > modification idea.
> 
> There must be some technique that would work - cooling the glass slowly and
> carefully perhaps?
> And yes, safety first!

Hi

Glass normally has to be annealed to prevent this. I would imagine
though that pyrex would be the most likely to survive without
annealing, because it has a very low thermal expansion coefficient.

Were your failures with pyrex or non pyrex?


Regards, NT