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Clamping too tightly can break glassware, especially if it is to be heated. Heated glassware expands and if it expands within a tight clamp, there's a high risk that it will break.

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A small gap for thermal expansion must remain.

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Because they're glass. If you clamp them too tightly, they'll break.

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