Why does a thick glass tumbler break, when ice is put in it ?

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Why does a thick glass tumbler break, when ice is put in it ?..

Answer / sanju

It breaks , because its inner surface contracts while the
outer surface is hardly affected.

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Why does a thick glass tumbler break, when ice is put in it ?..

Answer / umang

and same time Glass is poor conduct4er of heat also so heat
cant be supplied from outer layers of lass to inner for
compestaion of contraction by cooling by ice

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