California Failure Analysis Expert Witness performs a glass failure analysis on defective tempered glass windows installed in a public building. One of the construction defects was window scratching. Representative windows were removed and sent to the Read Consulting California failure analysis lab. This allowed a detailed investigation of the window defects. The failure analysis determined that […]
Glass Expert Discusses Visibility of NiS Particles
Tempered glass failure analysis is mainly difficult because the panel disintegrates into a very large number of semi identical particles; therefore, the failure origin is impossible to locate. In several cases Read Consulting has had the opportunity to examine several failed (caused by Nickel Sulfide, NiS, particles) tempered glass panels that have remained intact. In […]