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    Could an Unheated Glass Coffee Table Explode in a Normal Domestic Environment?

    It is a glass table, a sheet that is bent, so metal support isn't an issue. I'd say the problem is infra red from the heater heating the edge. Infra red travels in straight beams so it would heat the edge much more than other parts of the table, hence uneven expansion. I contacted the...
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    Could an Unheated Glass Coffee Table Explode in a Normal Domestic Environment?

    the size of the table was 126cmx72cm (top) 2 sides of 40 cm, and 12 mm (1/2" thick. A fairly large size, 125cm is about 4 feet, that's why I thought expansion and low termal conductivity could be one explanation. I hadn't thought about the IR heat issue, I thought uneven heat might have been...
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    Could an Unheated Glass Coffee Table Explode in a Normal Domestic Environment?

    I had a glass coffee table, it was 12mm thick (approx 1/2 ") I had this table for approx 5 months when one night, it just gave off a bange and collapsed (I wasn't in the process of placing anything on it, etc, it had no chips). Some small fragments were embeded into my wife and my hands. The...
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