Every housewife dreams about a good stove in the kitchen, so a reasonable question arises: what will be better - glass ceramics or tempered glass on the cooking surface of a kitchen stove?
In a huge selection of plates, which have different cooking surfaces, you can easily get confused.
The hob is made from a wide range of materials, has a variety of colors.
The properties of this element of the cooker affect the taste of the food that is cooked on it.
The plates are gas and electric. If central gas supply is supplied to your housing, then the stove in the kitchen is gas. If the house is not gasified, then electric plates are purchased.
New electrical cookers are often equipped with a coating based on glass ceramics or tempered glass.
The surface of these materials is created with holes intended for burners. These elements of the slab can be hidden under a glass screen.
Glass ceramics: its pros and cons
The unbreakable advantages of glass ceramics are:
- immunity to shocks;
- high degree of resistance to temperature;
- non-compliance with the consequences of sudden temperature changes;
- high index of heat resistance.
The drawbacks of this material are:
- a weak degree of resistance to a single-point mechanical action;
- high probability of fast surface coverage with scratches;
- rather big price tag.
Hob ceramic glass surface is expensive, but it has a lot of pluses.
The main advantage is durability. This material is not afraid of loads up to 25 kg per square centimeter.
But there is one nuance: on the glass ceramic hob, you can not use aluminum utensils, since difficult to remove stains.
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In addition, the dishes should have a thick-walled bottom without flaws.
With regard to the size of pots and pans, there are no restrictions - the heating zone is allowed to vary.
Only hot plates, covered with glass, become hot, the rest of the plate can be touched without fear of getting burned.
Only one moment can cause trouble: the sugar, accidentally scattered on a plate of glass-ceramic material, will negatively affect its characteristics.
Tempered glass: advantages and disadvantages
Irrefutable advantages of tempered glass:
- excellent resistance to thermal stress;
- comparatively good degree of flexibility;
- is a strength material that does not absorb mechanical shocks.
It is true that this hardened material has imperfections:
- surface edges are prone to the appearance of chips;
- prohibits the processing of glass after quenching, because it is impossible to drill and cut.
The way this material was made makes it very durable, because it passed the heating to the maximum temperature, and then it was subjected to a sharp cooling.
Therefore, tempered glass can not be broken, it can only be damaged by a metal object.
Thanks to this property, it has become a popular raw material for creating partitions in the office and window glazing.
Glass hobs do not need special care and look refined.
To clean them, you do not need to remove the burners and it is difficult to remove the adhered dirt, splattered drops can be wiped from the top without diligence.
Standing near the stove, the hostess does not risk getting burns - the glass panel does not heat up. It is not expensive, while not inferior as a ceramic surface.
Selection criteria: general and distinctive in the properties of ceramic and toughened glass
What is better to stop - on a glass-ceramic or on a tempered glass panel? The points of view of different experts differ in this.
When choosing a particular material, one must start from the sphere of its application and purpose.
More often these two materials - glass-ceramic and tempered glass sheets, are used in the production of cookers for the kitchen.
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As both these raw materials have their advantages and disadvantages, it is necessary to find out with which of them the plate will better meet the interests of buyers.
Where there is a risk of breaking the glass panel, it is better to use hardened material.
But if the panel will experience the high temperature drops, it is necessary to give preference to the glass-ceramic panel.
The characteristics of the glass-ceramic and tempered glass surface differ due to their manufacturing methods.
A hardened glass panel is obtained by heating to the melting point and instantaneous cooling. Thus, the stress inside this raw material undergoes recombination.
The outer layer will become particularly strong, and the internal structure will not lose its viscosity.
This method of production gives the panel the properties of heat resistance and immunity to uniform shocks.
However, in no case this material can be processed, it can crack the voltage inside.
The same can cause a point load. But this feature is just necessary for making glasses in public transport.
This is necessary to break the windows with a hammer during a traffic accident and do not lie.
When a glass-ceramic panel is made, clay and glass are melted together. As a result, this material is more resistant to thermal effects than a tempered glass panel.
Glass-ceramic raw materials can be processed without fear of spoiling it.
The material with such characteristics became very popular. It is spent on the construction of parts for cars, ships and aircraft.
In addition, this raw material is widely used in the chemical and medical industry, in the construction of houses, furniture production and semiconductor products.
Tempered glass will be an excellent option if the buyer does not have a lot of money, wants to buy a plate that is simple in daily care and is not afraid of loads from heavy objects.
The only such device will require caution from the owners - the tempered glass cooking surface may become scratched due to the uneven bottom of the dishes and cracks due to impacts against the surface.
Specialists do not advise washing such a plate with abrasive detergents.
Glass ceramics is chosen when they want to use the stove for many years and without problems. Therefore, the cost of this material is much higher.
But, in fact, it does not matter what choice it will be. Both variants are almost identical in their main characteristics, and they will give the kitchen a noble and refined look.
