thermal shock
physics
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ceramics
- In refractory: Properties
…also must be resistant to thermal shock. Thermal shock occurs when an object is rapidly cooled from high temperature. The surface layers contract against the inner layers, leading to the development of tensile stress and the propagation of cracks. Ceramics, in spite of their well-known brittleness, can be made resistant…
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glass
- In industrial glass: Thermal expansion
…glass is critical to its thermal shock performance (that is, its performance when subjected suddenly to a temperature change). When a hot specimen of glass is suddenly cooled—for example, by plunging it in iced water—great tension may develop in the outside layers owing to their shrinking relative to the inner…
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