Scratch Test on Butter (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Scratch Test on Butter

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MIT engineers used butter as a material for testing the fracture properties of materials.

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Photo / Pedro Reis

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