On Thu, 13 May 2004 07:15:23 -0400, the renowned "Michael Tracy"
wrote:

Polycarbonate is supposed to only deform, not fracture.

Ever try to break one of those ubiquitous AOL CD's? CDs are all polycarb -
the snap is loud and the energy released is quite impressive for such thin
material.

Michael

The shards can go quite a way. I put them in a plastic bag to snap
CDRs before throwing them out (like shredding documents).


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