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Crack Healing in Glass
Author(s) -
WIEDERHORN S. M.,
TOWNSEND P. R.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1970.tb15996.x
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , shock (circulatory) , fracture mechanics , fracture (geology) , soda lime , silica glass , mechanical strength , medicine
Cracks in soda‐lime‐silica glass specimens closed spontaneously; the recovery in strength was determined by fracture mechanics techniques. Approximately 80% strength was recovered in cracks formed by mechanical shock, whereas approximately 20% was recovered in cracks that closed after being held open to the atmosphere for several minutes. The high strength recovery in the mechanically shocked specimens is attributed to the very active surface formed during fracture. If the surface is allowed to adsorb O 2 or H 2 O vapor, the activity is reduced, and healing is less complete. Crack healing can introduce surface flaws into glass that cannot be detected by current methods of nondestructive testing.