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Transparent Wood Could Soon Find Uses In Smartphone Screens, Insulated Windows (m.slashdot.org)
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[โ€“] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

"Glass" is not all the same. Gorilla glass is many times stronger than a window pane. Aluminum oxide crystals are called "glass" when they're made to shape. Soda-lime glass is still called "glass". "Glass" is an exceedingly poor metric to compare anything to, even other glass.

[โ€“] Bridger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Given that industry likes deceptive trade names- 'plexiglas' for instance- transparent wood will probably be known as 'lignoglass' or some such nonsense.