LionGlass cuts carbon footprint by nearly half and is 10x more damage resistant
June 30, 2023 – Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. Scientists at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have now developed a new type of glass that they say could cut that carbon footprint in half. The production of this so-called LionGlass requires considerably less energy and it is also stronger than standard soda-lime silicate glass. The research was led by Dr. John Mauro, inventor, or co-inventor of several new glass types for Corning, including Corning Gorilla glass. In 2017, he joined Pennsylvania State University as a professor of Materials Science and Engineering. The research has been ongoing for some time, but the team recently filed a patent application as the first step in bringing the product to market.
Photo: A sample of LionGlass, a new type of glass engineered by researchers at Penn State that requires significantly less energy to produce and is much more damage resistant than standard soda lime silicate glass (Credit: Adrienne Berard/Penn State. Creative Commons)
