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GlitterinsTM
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New possibilities; expanded potentials in learning and aptitude through play.
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Gelatin candy viewed under polarized light makes a dazzling display of Photoelastic fringes.
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A bar of flexible photoelastic plastic shows colorful fringes when bent and viewed under polarized light.
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A transparent, plastic plate shows photoplastic stress fringes formed when plate was cured during manufacturing. This happens when the plastic is stress in uneven heating and cooling or other applications of stress during the curing process.
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Typical plastic items such as plastic hangers also show photoelastic stress patterns under polarized light.
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Stress fringes can be enhanced and channeled into fixed patterns with preformed pressed in designs as seen in this clear plastic plate that has an embossed pattern in it created during curing.
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All Rights Reserved Pamela Saha, M.D. Images may not be reproduced without permission Copyright 2005
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