SLop discusses how to use Pyrex glassware safely
Jerry Avins wrote:
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> That's because what's called Pyrex nowadays isn't what Corning called
> Pyrex when they first made it. Real Pyrex (borosilicate glass) as used
> in laboratory glassware can be heated directly in a flame, and on an
> exposed-coil electric stovetop with just a thin wire spacer. I have a
> saucepan and skillet (both Corning Pyrex) that have been used over
> direct flame for over 50 years. No explosions.
Just a lot of stuck food.
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