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Prediction of Fracture Energy and Flaw Size in Glasses from Measurements of Mirror Size
Author(s) -
MECHOLSKY J. J.,
RICE R. W.,
FREIMAN S. W.
Publication year - 1974
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.1151-2916.1974.tb11377.x
Subject(s) - materials science , fracture (geology) , silicate glass , composite material , silicate , mineralogy , chemistry , organic chemistry
Fracture strengths (δ), fracture‐initiating flaw sizes, and mirror radii ( r ), as outlined by either the mist or the hackle boundary, were measured for silicate and nonsilicate glasses (e.g. As 2 S 3 and glassy carbon). For all glasses, δr 1/2 = constant. The average ratios of inner and outer mirror radii to flaw size were ∼10:1 and ∼13:1, respectively, for most of the glasses. Critical fracture energies calculated from either flaw or mirror size agreed very well with those obtained by double‐cantilever‐beam measurements.