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A piece of glass is heated to a high temperature and then allowed to cool. If it cracks, a probable reason for this is
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low thermal conductivity of glass
When a piece of glass is heated, due to low thermal conductivity it does not conduct heat fast enough and as a result, unequal thermal expansion takes place. Due to this unequal thermal expansion of its layers, the glass cracks
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