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Your project was born to be unique

Âmbar aesthetics brings power and refinement to the projects, in addition to thermal comfort.

Product information
Substrates
    • Clear 4-12 mm
Applications
    • Facades
    • Windows
    • Doors
    • Curtain Walls
    • Roofs
    • Skylights
    • Furniture
Manufacturing Options
    • Laminated
    • Heat Strengthened
    • Annealed
    • Single Product - can be heatreated or used annealed
Recommended Coating Positions
Maximum Size
    • <2400x3210mm
Edge Deletion
    • No
Glass Type
    • Durable Coated Glass (without silver)
Glass Functions
    • Solar Control
Fabrication Options
    • Can be used Monolithic
    • Laminated or Insulating Glass Units
Appearance
    • Amber

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The glazing make-up suggestions below are pre-defined to provide examples of commonly used combinations of products. There are many other glass combinations available at Glass Analytics.
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  • MonolithicLaminate

    MonolithicLaminate

  • DoubleGlazed

    DoubleGlazed

MonolithicLaminate

MonolithicLaminate

GLASS: Clear (Latin America) Glass, 5/32" (4mm) (2-SunGuard© Solar Ambar HD (Latin America))

INTERLAYER: 0.015" (0.38mm) Clear PVB, 0.381mm

GLASS: Clear (Latin America) Glass, 5/32" (4mm)

Calculated Values are in accordance with EN 410:2011 , EN 673:2011

Performance Values

Visible Light
Transmittance (τv)
44 %
Reflectance outside (ρv)
15 %
Reflectance inside (ρv)
13 %
General Color Rendering Index (CRI)
98
Ultraviolet
Transmittance UV (τuv)
0 %
Solar Energy
Solar transmittance (τe)
35 %
Reflectance outside (ρe)
16 %
Reflectance inside (ρe)
12 %
Solar absorptance (αe)
50 %
Solar Factor (g)
46 %
Shading Coefficient (sc)
0.53
Thermal properties
U-Value (Ug)
5.6 W/m²·K

DoubleGlazed

DoubleGlazed

GLASS: Clear (Latin America) Glass, 5/32" (4mm) (2-SunGuard© Solar Ambar HD (Latin America))

GAP: 100% Air 12.0mm

GLASS: Clear (Latin America) Glass, 5/32" (4mm)

Calculated Values are in accordance with EN 410:2011 , EN 673:2011

Performance Values

Visible Light
Transmittance (τv)
43 %
Reflectance outside (ρv)
21 %
Reflectance inside (ρv)
15 %
General Color Rendering Index (CRI)
95
Ultraviolet
Transmittance UV (τuv)
17 %
Solar Energy
Solar transmittance (τe)
34 %
Reflectance outside (ρe)
19 %
Reflectance inside (ρe)
19 %
Solar absorptance (αe)
46 %
Solar Factor (g)
40 %
Shading Coefficient (sc)
0.46
Thermal properties
U-Value (Ug)
2.5 W/m²·K
Performance Calculations
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Monolithic Not Laminated Monolithic Laminated Double Glazed Not Laminated Double Outer pane Laminated Double Inner pane Laminated Double Inner and Outer pane Laminated Triple Glazed Not Laminated Triple Outer pane Laminated Triple Inner pane Laminated Triple Inner and Outer pane Laminated
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Triple Inner and Outer pane Laminated

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