♥ I placed a bowl of ice cream very gently on the ground and suddenly the glass bowl shattered! Can you explain this?
Is there any scientific reasoning behind this event. I understand that this incident is not significant, however, I would just like to comprehend the reasoning behind it.
Thank you to all! ♥
2007-08-27 07:06:39 · 18 answers · asked by Nicole S 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Well other than the bowl just not being very well made and you've ruled out mechanical shock by saying you did this gently I would have to say that Thermal shock could have broken it. That would depend on the temperature of the ground though. If the ground was hot then you've got a very large temperature gradient across the bowl and the shock could have caused it to break. Much like an ice cube will crack when put into warm water.
2007-08-27 07:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by Matt C 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Hi Nicole,
Cold temperatures cause atomic spacing to reduce in solids. Therefore the atoms in the bowl near the ice-cream are closer together than the bowl's atoms near the floor. This difference in spacing causes "thermal stresses". The bigger the temperature difference, the bigger the stress. This stress can pull the bowl apart, if the stress is too big for the material to take. The ice-cube analogy is a good one.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Ben
2007-08-27 07:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by beonny1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the temperature difference between the bowl and ground is far apart, that might cause the bowl to shatter.
2007-08-27 09:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by [н]αzє 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-17 03:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the ground was VERY warm .... the temperature difference could have caused the glass to shatter.
I would have expected it to crack .... but I guess if the glass was thin enough, and the temperature difference was sufficient it could have "shattered".
2007-08-27 07:23:16 · answer #5 · answered by Tony D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the ground was hot then the temperature gradient could have caused expansion stresses which could have caused the bowl to break.
2007-08-27 07:13:00 · answer #6 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the glass is cold
and the ground is quite hot so the glass particles
the outside vibrate more than that on the inside which caiused the glass to shatter
2007-08-27 07:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice cream is one the few substances on earth which can cause glass to shatter for no reason, chocolate ice cream is quite stable but vanilla flavours are generally unstable.
2007-08-27 07:23:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The ground and the bowl being different temperatures.
2007-08-28 06:52:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thermal shock might also happen if the bowl just came hot from the dishwasher.
2007-08-27 10:21:11 · answer #10 · answered by devilsadvocate1728 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋