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Solving for Why: Vacuum Chamber Glass Test

Roger E. Pelletier, Senior Associate
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Although visually undesirable, glass surface conditions like scratches and blemishes may or may not be structurally significant for a given application.

In this episode of WJE's "Solving for Why" series, instrumentation specialist Roger Pelletier demonstrates a vacuum chamber test: loading a glass window to failure to determine whether noted surface conditions significantly affected the glass's structural integrity.

 
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