Fracture Surfaces of Paperclips

Resource for Grades 6-12

Fracture Surfaces of Paperclips

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Running Time: 0m 10s
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National Science Foundation

This video features a Penn State University professor, Dr. Chris Muhlstein, who explains that the fracture surface of a paper clip is a map of how it failed, to a trained eye. He invites us to view a variety of surfaces with a virtual microscope.

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