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Why does glass break when you pour hot water on it 2024?

Charlotte Williams | 2023-04-17 03:49:33 | page views:1448
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Noah Campbell

Works at Google, Lives in Mountain View. Holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Glass expands when hot, contracts when cold. ... The reason it breaks is because the heat isn't being transferred (either in or out) uniformly through the entire body of glass, and the differences in expansion/contraction rates cause stress that's relieved with a break.
2023-04-19 03:49:33

Lucas Clark

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Glass expands when hot, contracts when cold. ... The reason it breaks is because the heat isn't being transferred (either in or out) uniformly through the entire body of glass, and the differences in expansion/contraction rates cause stress that's relieved with a break.
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