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Fracture Toughness Anisotropy in Silicon Carbide

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Here is a paper that I wrote my freshman year of college.  It discusses some observations about fracture toughness in a form of silicon carbide that had potential use in nuclear fission and fusion reactors.  It was published in the Department of Energy's Journal of Undergraduate Research.