Ĭorning further developed the material for a variety of smartphones and other consumer electronics devices for a range of companies.
While dominating its market, Gorilla Glass faces varying competition from rivals such as Dragontrail and synthetic sapphire. In October 2017, some five billion devices globally contained Gorilla Glass. It was brought into commercial use when Apple asked Corning for a thin, toughened glass to be used in its new iPhone. Experimentation was revived in 2005, investigating whether the glass could be made thin enough for use in consumer electronics. The product was used until the early 1990s in commercial and industrial applications, including automotive, aviation and pharmaceutical uses, notably in approximately one hundred 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda racing cars, where minimizing the vehicle's weight was essential. Within a few years they had developed a "muscled glass" marketed as Chemcor. Ĭorning experimented with chemically strengthened glass in 1960 as part of a "Project Muscle" initiative. The glass gains its surface strength, ability to contain flaws, and crack-resistance by being immersed in a hot, potassium- salt, ion-exchange bath. It is manufactured in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in Asan, South Korea and in Taiwan.
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The alkali- aluminosilicate sheet glass is used primarily as cover glass for portable electronic devices, including mobile phones, portable media players, portable computer displays, and television screens. As a brand, Gorilla Glass is specific to Corning, but close equivalents exist, including AGC Inc.'s Dragontrail and Schott AG's Xensation. Gorilla Glass is a brand of chemically strengthened glass developed and manufactured by Corning, now in its seventh generation, designed to be thin, light and damage-resistant.
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