Crack Healing in Glass
- 1 September 1970
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- Vol. 53 (9) , 486-489
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1970.tb15996.x
Abstract
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 O2or H2O 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.Keywords
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