DescriptionPhotoelasticity - Clear CD case centre.jpg
English: The centre of a clear CD case. The plastic is birefringent and demonstrates internal stress as coloured patterns (photoelasticity) when photographed using cross polarisation. The vertical black line at the bottom is a small crack that developed when the CD was removed from the case.
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The centre of a clear CD case. The plastic is birefringent and demonstrates internal stress as coloured patterns when photographed using cross polarisation.