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Glass Expert Discusses Nickel Sulfide Spontaneous Failures

October 10, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert witness demonstrates that in the case of the spontaneous failure of tempered glass, the tempered glass failure is caused by the NiS particle. The failed glass door was taken apart to reveal the NiS particle. At this point the Wallner lines surrounding the NiS particle were located. The Wallner lines domonstrate […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Expert Witness, Glass, Nickel Sulfide, NiS particle, Tempered Glass

Glass Expert Performs Failure Analysis of Drinking Glass

October 8, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

In order to simulate potential cracking of a heavy bottom drinking glass still hot from a commercial dishwasher, a glass was immersed in 140°F water till stabile. The glass was removed and ice water was then poured into the glass. A glass failure analysis expert witness then performed a failure analysis on the resulting cracked […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Drinking Glass, Expert Witness, Glass, Glass Failure

Glass Expert Performs Failure Analysis of Bathroom Scale

September 7, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

A glass failure analysis was performed by glass failure expert witness to determine the reason the glass platform on a bathroom scale broke unexpedly. The platform is made of fully tempered glass, and it broke as the user was pushing it with her foot alongside the toilet. The top left photograph shows the condition of […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bathroom Scale, Expert Witness, Glass

Glass Expert Performs Bottle Failure Analysis

August 30, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

A glass failure expert witness performs a failure analysis on a failed cosmetic bottle. As received, the top of the bottle had broken off. Upper left is a photograph of ‘as receceived’ failed bottle. Approximately one half of the bottle finish had broken off. Read Consulting performed a glass failure analysis to determine if this […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Failed Bottle, Photomicrograph

Glass Fracture Due to Liquid Pressure

August 20, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert witness performs a failure analysis on a hollow glass tube that failed due to internal pressure. The glass fracture initiated at a small bruise on the outer surface of the glass tube. The upper left 25X photomicrograph gives an overview of the failure. One can see that the glass fracture analysis […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Glass Fracture, Glass Tube, Photomicrograph

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Thomas L. Read, PhD,
1435 Fulton Road Santa Rosa, CA
Phone: 707-494-5089
email: info@readconsulting.com

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