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About an inch deep all along one side of the sheet, it split in half.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Internal stresses. I believe it's annealing that can remove those stresses. I think the internal stresses are caused by the cold rolling process.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, cool.

So those stresses create an internal plane where it fails?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

From what I've seen yes. I'm by no means an expert. I've seen slices cut from larger blocks that then warp like a banana.