Thermal Fracture 1

By Brent Burger; posted September 15, 2003

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This piece just ain't too happy in its skin! Looks good from this angle, but it appears that either the glass has enough striation in thermal coefficiency ratios within the insulator, or it saw a drastic temperature change while in service. Given the look and feel of the glass, the first option seems to be fairly likely.

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