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true/false: assume that glass a and glass b are identical in composition and fictive temperature, but glass a has many cracks of up to 2 mm maximum length while glass b only has a few cracks with maximum lengths of < 1 mm. based on this knowledge, it can be concluded that glass a will have a lower fracture toughness (kic) than glass b.

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True. The presence of cracks in a material can significantly reduce its fracture toughness (KIC), which is a measure of a material's resistance to crack propagation. The larger the cracks, the lower the fracture toughness. In this case, since Glass A has many cracks of up to 2 mm maximum length while Glass B only has a few cracks with maximum lengths of <1 mm, it can be concluded that Glass A will have a lower fracture toughness (KIC) than Glass B.
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