Fracture of glass under various liquids and gases

JSGT 1957 V41 T157-T267

Cone cracks have been measured as a means of studying the effect of liquids and gases on the fracture of glass. A series of experiments was carried out from which the fracture energy of plate glass in contact with seventeen different liquids and four gases was calculated. Five optical glasses were cracked under distilled water and the results compared. The fracture energy of plate glass varied from 2900 dyn/cm in contact with water to 7800 dyn/cm in contact with carbon dioxide.

C. J. Clilf