Properties
What is glass made of
Sand
What is the name for the crack in glass that branches out
Radial Cracks
The order in which cracks form in glass
Radial and cocentric
What is the name of the glass property that is related to how much light it can bend
Refractive Index
What is the name of the circular crack in the glass around the point of impact
Concentric Feature
What is the formula for density
Mass / Volume
The type of solid that glass is known as.
Amorphous
What type of glass is stronger than ordinary window and found in side and rear car windows
Tempered Glass
Where does glass first start cracking when it is struck
On the opposite side of the point of impact
The two factors commonly used to identify glass.
Density and refractive index
A bright line seen when looking at the edges of glass immersed in a liquid.
Becke's Line
what is the name for the basic type of glass
soda lime glass
How can you tell which glass crack occurred first when there are multiple cracks
The larger crack occurred first
What is density of a glass with a mass of 50g and a volume of 20mL
2.5g/mL
Name 3 physical characteristics of glass
density, refractive index, fractures, color, thickness, fluorescence, markings
What type of glass is made for windshields and has a layer of plastic between two panes of glass
Laminated Glass
What happens when you break tempered glass compared to when you break ordinary glass
Tempered glass "dices"
How you can tell which side of glass a bullet struck
The hole is wider on the exit side.
What does it mean if becke lines appear inside the piece of glass?
The glass has a higher refractive index
What kind of evidence is glass?
Circumstantial and Class
Are concentric fractures created on the same or opposite side of the impact?
On the same side
What will happen when you put glass in a liquid with the same refractive index?
It will disapear because it is a match point
The method to calculate the index of refraction