two glass, one window?

[sweetbmxrider]

what is this? like a "defroster"? its two pieces of glass adhered together with some weather stripping inbetween. all of the windows have it. some mercedes. like a 94 s320 or something. weirdest thing ever. i thought it might have been bullet proof but thats just ridiculous!

[Tru2Chevy]

I dunno....kinda hard to see details with that pic.

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

well there is a about a half inch difference between the two pieces. the black looks like a defogger setup with some dots below it. that is all i had on me.

[EchoMirage]

high end luxory cars have that, also may cars in extreme cold climates do. ie: russia, siberia, etc. its insulation, not defrosting. the layer of air sandwiched between the glass provides for a cheap and very effective insulation. helps keep the car cooler when hot, and warmer when cold. same reason you have double paned windows at home. anderson, pella and the like.

[sweetbmxrider]

ohhhhhh ok that deffinitely makes sense thanks!

[BigAls87Z28]

Yes, like double paned windows, there is an inert gas sandwiched between the glass to help improve insulation.

[sweetbmxrider]

yeah thats really cool ****. i bet it works fantastic. it seems a little tinted too.

[Savage_Messiah]

I saw the title and thought it would be like 2 girls 1 cup.


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[CHRIS67]

I'm thinking that it may be bullet proof glass. I sent out a caddy for the president of my last company for BP glass, armor skins for the doors, and run flat rims.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-tp/10...d=#breadcrumbs

[sweetbmxrider]

ha, its not that thick chris, its like glass next to glass.....thats pretty cool though

[griftymcgrift]

the top looks like it slides into the weatherstripping reallky nice, like for THE ULTIMATE SEAL!!!

[ta350]

This application is for sound deadening and climate control, back in the day you also had a gas in there that would let you vary the "Tint" of the window which was very cool, but very expensive.

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

there is an inert gas sandwiched between the glass

Not necessarily inert. People like to throw that word around a lot, usually just a gas without moisture dissolved in it will work, like boil off nitrogen from a liquid storage tank. Regular "air" has too much water in it. Actually a vacuum is better for insulating but more difficult to keep in applications such as these. BTW I think there is only one or two truly inert gasses, IIRC argon is one of them, I think the window companies like to use nitrogen because it is much cheaper

[Knipps]

Helium and neon are the only true elemental inert gases, because they do not form any (known) true chemical compounds, unlike the heavier noble gases (argon, krypton, xenon and radon).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gases