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A close view of ceramic glaze crazing. Crazing is the phenomenon that produces a network of fine cracks on the surface of a material, for example in a glaze layer. Crazing frequently precedes fracture in some glassy thermoplastic polymers. Crazing occurs in regions of high hydrostatic tension, or in regions of very localized yielding, which leads to the formation of interpenetrating microvoids and small fibrils. If an applied tensile load is sufficient, these bridges elongate and break, causing the microvoids to grow and coalesce; as
Crazing is a network of lines or cracks in the fired glazed surface. It happens when a glaze is under tension.A craze pattern can develop immediately after removal from the kiln or years later.enerally, crazing is considered a glaze defect because the vessel can be significantly weaker than an uncrazed pot. Craze lines can also harbor bacteria or germs. Therefore, dinnerware pottery should be uncrazed ware.