Plate glass

For modern architectural and automotive applications, the flat glass is sometimes bent after production of the plane sheet.

[1] From the lower soluble oxide content comes the better chemical durability of container glass against water, which is required especially for storage of beverages and food.

Other processes for making flat glass include: The term plate glass universities is used in the United Kingdom to describe a group – or generation – of universities (in an acknowledgement of the term red brick universities, used for an older generation of establishments).

Scratches can occur on sheet of glass from accidental causes.

In glass trade terminology these include "block reek" produced in polishing, "runner-cut" or “over/under grind” caused by edge grinding, or a "sleek" or hairline scratch, as well as "crush" or "rub" on the surface.