Thin safety glass having improved mechanical characteristics

A thermally strengthened glass sheet:

• the glass sheet having a thickness, expressed in millimeters, of t, a length, expressed in millimeters, of l, and a width, expressed in millimeters, of w, t being less than l and less than w;
• the glass sheet comprising a glass having a low temperature linear CTE, expressed in 1/° C., of αSCTE, a high temperature linear CTE, expressed in 1/° C., of αLCTE, an elastic modulus, expressed in GPa, of E, a strain temperature, expressed in units of ° C., of Tstrain, and a softening temperature, expressed in units of ° C., of Tsoft;
• the glass sheet having a thermally induced central tension of less than 300 MPa and greater than
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• T
• strain
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• CTE
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• α
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• ;
• in units of MPa;
• wherein P1CT is given by
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• exp
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• -
• h
• CT
• 0.143
• )
• ;
• P2CT is given by
• 2.53
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• 23.65
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• 1
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• h
• CT
• 0.00738
• )
• 1.58
• )
• ;
• and wherein hCT is a constant greater than or equal to 0.020, wherein the first major surface has a roughness in the range of from 0.2 to 0.4 nm Ra over an area of 10 μm×10 μm.