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Controlled Fracture of Brittle Solids and Interruption of Electrical Current

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Controlled high speed fracture of conducting solids can provide a feasible method of breaking alternating currents at zero current.

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    F. P. BOWDEN, J. H. BRUNTON, J. E. FIELD & A. D. HEYES

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BOWDEN, F., BRUNTON, J., FIELD, J. et al. Controlled Fracture of Brittle Solids and Interruption of Electrical Current. Nature 216, 38–42 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216038a0

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