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X-ray Safety Glass Failure Analysis

January 26, 2024 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Figure #1: Front view of the damaged X-ray safety glass lens.
Figure #2: View of the damaged lens from inside the glasses. Te damage starts near the nose piece.
Figure #3: Closeup of the lens damage from inside the glasses. The origin is near the nose piece.
Figure #4; Photo micro graph of the failure origin. Present at the origin is crushed glass. The cracking and chipping directions are shown (Mag. 5X).

Read Consulting performed a failure analysis on a pair of safety glasses involved in a reported accident. These glasses are intended to be used by X-ray technicians. The failed lens is fully annealed glass; it appears the glass failure was the result of an impact on the lens inside surface by a hard, small diameter object (such as a center punch). This is indicated by the crushed glass at the origin and the presence of numerous Hertzian cones.

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