Gorilla Glass

A Nokia N8 with a Gorilla Glass screen

Gorilla Glass, developed and manufactured by Corning, is a brand of chemically strengthened glass now in its ninth generation. Designed to be thin, light, and damage-resistant, its surface strength and crack-resistance are achieved through immersion in a hot potassium-salt ion-exchange bath.[1]

The alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass is primarily used as cover glass for portable electronic devices, including smartphones, smartwatches, portable media players, portable computer displays, and television screens.[2] It is manufactured in Harrodsburg, Kentucky; Asan, South Korea;[3] and Taiwan. As of October 2017, Gorilla Glass was used in approximately five billion devices worldwide.[4] Despite its market dominance, Gorilla Glass faces competition from similar products, including AGC Inc.'s Dragontrail, Schott AG's Xensation, and synthetic sapphire.[5][6][7][4]

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  2. ^ "FAQs". Gorilla Glass. Corning. March 10, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Corning Announces Transfer of Corning® Gorilla® Glass Production". Corning. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  4. ^ a b "One of the world's oldest products faces the digital future". The Economist. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Gorilla Glass maker unveils ultra-thin and flexible Willow Glass". Physics News. Archived from the original on 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  6. ^ "Xensation". Schott. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  7. ^ "Gorilla Glass 6 gives phones a better shot at surviving multiple drops". Engadget, July 19, 2018, Jon Fingas. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.