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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: nudephil on 02/09/2020 18:15:05

Title: Why did my wine glass suddenly break without anyone touching it?
Post by: nudephil on 02/09/2020 18:15:05

Alan got in touch with a weird phenomenon:

A wine glass on the dining table, untouched for 12 hours, just went click and top rim broke off in perfect circle without anyone touching it.

Can anyone explain?

Title: Re: Why did my wine glass suddenly break without anyone touching it?
Post by: Bored chemist on 02/09/2020 19:13:09

Could be any of a number of things
https://www.glass-ts.com/news/unexplained-glass-failure-don-t-jump-to-inclusion-conclusions

Title: Re: Why did my wine glass suddenly break without anyone touching it?
Post by: Petrochemicals on 02/09/2020 20:22:08

The stress forces overcame the material strength, due to various factors, heat sound. Likely crack propagation for a while, such as a chip on the surface running