It is good to see that scientists are working hard to better evaluate the effect of He bubbles in metals and alloys! Sharing a very interesting new article showing unequivocally the influence of He bubbles in the strengthening behavior of Copper! By using shock loading, Lear et al. discovered that He bubbles totally collapse, leaving … Continue reading The influence of He bubble in strengthening of Copper
Category: fracture mechanics
Physicist on holidays part 1: some fun with marbles!
Some interesting home experiments we are doing (Arnaldo Forner, Pamela Forner and myself). We will write a post about the science of impacting marbles very soon. Marbles and its filled air-bubbles, can this material be considered brittle? https://youtu.be/e4XXuoWV_LU Fracture surface: is it a brittle fracture?

