Researchers at Yale University and the Texas Tech University have found a way of predicting whether a given glass will be ductile or brittle. A glass sculpture called ‘The Sun’ at the Gardens of Glass exhibition in Kew Gardens, London, made from 1,000 separate glass objects by Dale Chihuly (Adrian Pingstone) “Most of us think of glasses as brittle, but our finding shows that any glass can be made ductile or brittle,” said Prof...
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