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thumb|A PYREX 1-quart [[measuring cup manufactured after 1940, featuring graduations in United States customary units]]

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Pyrex
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  • History
  • Corning Glass Works
  • Corelle Brands
  • European history
  • Trademark
  • Composition
  • Distinguishing soda–lime and borosilicate Pyrex
  • Visual differences
  • U.S. post–1998
  • England
  • France
  • Australia
  • Patterns and collecting
  • Use in telescopes
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Citations
  • General and cited references
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thumb|A PYREX 1-quart [[measuring cup manufactured after 1940, featuring graduations in United States customary units]]

Pyrex (trademarked as PYREX and pyrex) is a type of borosilicate glass developed by Corning Incorporated in 1908. Pyrex was first introduced to the public in 1915, as a brand of clear, low-thermal-expansion glassware products, whose resistance to chemicals, electricity, and heat made it ideal for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. In the 1930s, Corning expanded the brand to include kitchen products made of soda–lime glass and other materials.

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