Exploding Place Mat
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The Microwaved tea thread reminded me of something that happened at my house a couple of years ago; I googled it at the time, but can't remember the term for it but I'd never heard of it happening before and never seen it since.
We had some glass placemats that were years and years old - my guess is ~10 years old. We'd used them regularly, no special treatment just got wiped clean.
My GF went to move one slightly as it was a bit out of place and BOOM the thing just exploded into hundreds of tiny pieces of glass, which continued to fizz and pop for minutes after the initial event. We were finding bits weeks later still!
Apparently something to do issues when it was being made IIRC.
We had some glass placemats that were years and years old - my guess is ~10 years old. We'd used them regularly, no special treatment just got wiped clean.
My GF went to move one slightly as it was a bit out of place and BOOM the thing just exploded into hundreds of tiny pieces of glass, which continued to fizz and pop for minutes after the initial event. We were finding bits weeks later still!
Apparently something to do issues when it was being made IIRC.
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