What is Gorilla Glass?

While buying a new electronic device you would have heard salesperson saying that the device screen is protected by Gorilla glass or your friend saying that his mobile has gorilla glass. You would have come across it many times but you would not be knowing the about it and its characteristics. In this post I will give details about Gorilla glasses, its characteristics and how it is made.

What is Gorilla Glass?

Gorilla Glass is a specific brand of glass manufactured by Corning Inc. (a U.S. based glass manufacturing company). Gorilla glass consists of a thin sheet of alkali-aluminosilicate and is thin and hard glass used by variety of electronic devices to protect the screen from scratches and it reduces breaking of screens from sudden forces up to certain extent i.e Gorilla glasses are impact-resistant. Gorilla glasses have following major characteristics as compared to other normal glasses.