Shattered Safety Glass — Tempered Fracture Web
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Shattered tempered safety glass photographed from below against a light source — the compressive stress fracture network creating a perfect web of interlocking small fragments, none separated, all held in position by the intact outer surfaces.
Description
Tempered safety glass, when fractured, shatters into a characteristic network of small equidimensional fragments held together by the intact outer skin surfaces — the fracture pattern a consequence of the compressive prestress in the outer layers that produces characteristic dicing rather than the large shards of annealed glass. This image was made by placing a fractured tempered glass pane horizontally over a large light box, the backlighting transmitting through the intact outer skins and diffracting through the fracture network. Shot from directly above at f/11, the entire fracture map is visible — the web of fracture lines creating a cellular pattern across the full frame, the individual cell sizes determined by the original glass thickness and tempering conditions. The varying thickness of the fracture network — wider at the impact centre, finer at the periphery — reveals the impact geometry. In transmission, the glass glows as a warm
amber-gold.
