The Application of Rate Process Theory to Breaking Glass.
Abstract
The breaking equation predicts that failures in glass will be failures in tension. The brittle nature of glass can be explained in a qualitative manner by these results. If the strength of the alkali-oxygen and alkaline earth-oxygen bonds is of the same order of magnitude as the free energy of activation of the viscous element bond, a force sufficient to start viscous flow will also be sufficient to rupture these primary bonds.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 13, 1949
- Accession Number
- AD0495804
Entities
People
- D. A. Stuart
- F. B. Hodgdon
- F. E. Bjorklund
Organizations
- University of Utah