Black Borosilicate Glass Bottle (2024)

FAQs

What are the disadvantages of borosilicate glass? ›

The advantages of borosilicate glass include its durability, chemical resistance, and thermal stability, while the limitations and disadvantages include its brittleness and higher cost compared to other types of glass.

A similarity between regular and borosilicate glass is that they are all completely non-toxic. You may have often observed that food and beverages from a glass container taste better than others. This is purely because ingredients cannot leach into the glass and do not absorb any stains or odours.

Borosilicate glass is easy to clean, durable, inert and sanitary. This is why it is the material of choice among food laboratories, fine dining restaurants, and wineries. Unlike plastic and stainless steel, our products do not impart flavors or leach contaminants into your beverage.

Compared to soda-lime glass, borosilicate glass exhibits significantly increased scratch and abrasion resistance. The high thermal resistance allows this material to withstand extreme and fluctuating temperatures. At the same time, its high transmission and optical clarity provide excellent visual quality.

Thanks to this, borosilicate glass has the ability to go straight from a freezer to an oven rack without cracking. For you, this means you can pour boiling hot water into borosilicate glass if you wanted to say, steep tea or coffee, without worrying about shattering or cracking the glass.

Borosilicate Glass is typically more expensive than soda-lime glass, the most commonly used glass for production. The increased cost of borosilicate glass can be attributed to several factors. First, the raw materials used in its production, including boron, are more expensive than those used in soda-lime glass.

Pyrex used to be made of the more heat-resistant borosilicate glass, which is more resistant to breakage when subjected to extreme shifts in temperature. Pyrex eventually switched to tempered glass most likely because boron is toxic and expensive to dispose of.

When looking at the safest glass, borosilicate is more durable thanks to its highest level of silica (around 80%). Borosilicate is the safest material for water bottles and glass cookware. It's made with boron trioxide which means it won't break under major temperature shifts like tempered glass.

Borosilicate glass itself is BPA-free. However, some products which use borosilicate may have other components made from BPA plastic. When choosing borosilicate products, check to see the chemical composition of any plastic products. All pure borosilicate glass products (like baking dishes) are 100 per cent BPA-free.

It could be counterfeit glass! Soda lime and Borosilicate glass look very similar, but perform completely differently. Lately, there has been a rash of counterfeit glass introduced into the glass-gauge industry, some so-called companies even illegally using the corporate names of legitimate glass providers.

Can you microwave borosilicate glass? ›

And since it's so durable, you won't need to worry about your borosilicate bakeware cracking or exploding when transferring it to the oven from the fridge or vice versa. It's even safe to put in the microwave—and the dishwasher.

This difference means that Borosilicate glass does not expand as much on heating, so it is less likely to break when heated. Pyrex is one particular blend of Borosilicate glass, with a particularly high heating tolerance.

Is borosilicate glass unbreakable? No, borosilicate glass is not unbreakable. As aforementioned, it is known for its low thermal expansion and high resistance to thermal and chemical stress, it can still break or crack if it is exposed to excessive force or extreme temperatures.

In fact, this glass is so different from lower-quality grades that it can go from a freezer to a stovetop with no cracking or breaking. In the case of borosilicate glass teapots, most are safe to use directly on a stovetop or for heating water in a microwave.

Different Glass, Different Instructions

If an Item is made of tempered (borosilicate) glass, crystal, pyrex, or other dishware, it belongs in the garbage. It cannot be recycled with glass bottles and jars. Its melting temperature is different, so it can contaminate an entire batch of recycled glass.