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shrinkage crack

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shrinkage crack [′shriŋ·kij ‚krak]
(geology)
A small crack produced in fine-grained sediment or rock by the loss of contained water during drying or dehydration.
(metallurgy)
An irregular interdendritic crack in a casting caused by unequal contraction or inadequate feeding.
shrinkage crack
A crack due to restraint of shrinkage.
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Map and Shrinkage Cracks Inferior workmanship and the use of poor quality of plastering materials are the main causes of what are known as "map cracks and "shrinkage cracks;" that is, shrinkage in the plaster itself.
Causes of Cracks in the Plaster Along Exterior Walls of the Home by Lynette Tyson / Home based business community
That means no worries about shrinkage cracks, no warped doors and windows and no big gaps between the joints in walls, ceilings and joinery work when you come to decorate in three or four years' time.
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SHRINKAGE CRACKS Plummer and Gostin (1981) studied many examples of mudcracks and synaeresis cracks from the rock record and in laboratory experiments and concluded that no single feature of any shrinkage crack is useful in differentiating between the two.
Mudcracks, bird's-eye, and anhydrite in intertidal/supratidal late ... by Kilibarda, Zoran; Doffin, Jason / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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