Using Food Fracture to Demonstrate Fracture Surfaces

While the exact mechanisms of fracture in metal alloy components are complex and intricate, introducing people to fractography can be simplified by demonstrating fractures with food. When breaking common foods like candy, chocolate, and vegetables, the fracture surfaces created provide ideal analogs to those of fractured metals. During this presentation, participants will break various edible foods to examine the fracture surfaces and make conclusions about how they broke. These demonstrations will be compared with actual fractures to show how parts fail.