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Default Mysterious exploding toughened glass pane... WTF???!!!

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Nickel suphide inclusions.

http://www.glassonweb.com/articles/article/330/

Makes toughened glass shatter spontaneously.


Astonishing really, a single 100um particle changes phase after 10 years
and an entire window comes showering down from the 11th floor. Beats a
butterfly beating its wings in China causing storm in Harrogate.



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