Explain why a glass container with thick walls is more likely to crack than one with a thin wall when a very hot liquid is poured into it.

      

Explain why a glass container with thick walls is more likely to crack than one with a thin wall when a very hot liquid is poured into it.

  

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John
Glass is a bad conductor of heat. The difference in temperature between the inside and the outside of the thick glass causes unequal expansion while for a thin glass there is equal distribution of heat thus equal expansion
johnmulu answered the question on February 6, 2017 at 09:30


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