Toughened glass is up to five times as strong as ordinary glass of the same thickness, which means that it has to be hit much harder in order to break, also when it does break it is into lots of small pieces which are much less dangerous.  

Laminated glass has the same strength as ordinary annealed glass but it consists of a sandwich of two pieces of glass containing a special plastic interlayer (polyvinyl butyral or PVB). If the glass does get broken this interlayer holds the whole piece in place so there is no hole left in the window for an intruder to get in through for example or large free shards that can cut people. Various levels of laminated security glazing are available.  

For more information please visit our Safety and Security section.
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