Glass breaks because it is hard but not very bendy! 🪀 When you push or hit it too hard, it can't stretch like rubber, so it cracks into pieces.
Imagine if you had a cookie 🍪 that was very crispy. If you bent it, it would snap instead of bending. Glass is a bit like that!
Glass breaks because it is a rigid material with little flexibility. 🔍 When force is applied (like hitting or bending it), the tiny particles inside can't move easily, so they separate instead.
Glass is made by melting sand 🏖️ at very high temperatures and then cooling it quickly. This makes it strong but also brittle—meaning it cracks under pressure.
Some glass is stronger (like tempered glass in car windows), but most ordinary glass shatters easily!
Glass breaks due to its molecular structure and lack of flexibility. 🔬 Unlike metals, which have atoms that can slide past each other under stress, glass has a disordered atomic arrangement (amorphous solid). When force is applied, stress concentrates at tiny flaws (microscopic cracks), causing them to spread rapidly.
Glass is made by superheating silica (sand) 🏝️ with other minerals, then cooling it. Rapid cooling creates internal stresses, making it more brittle. Tempered glass is treated to be stronger by reheating and slow cooling, but it can still shatter if hit at the edges.
Engineers use laminated glass (layers with plastic in between) for safety, like in windshields!