Abstract
Transverse fracture bands on slowly cleaved fractured surfaces are found to be generated by unsteady cleavage velocities resulting from flexural vibrations in the cleaved crystal. The spacings of these transverse fracture markings were calculated by treating the flexural vibrations as a perturbation on the elastic strain energy created during cleavage. The experimental observations of cleaved surfaces agree reasonably well with theoretical predictions.

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