<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">That would be the crush strength in consideration of uniformly applied external pressure (i.e. hydrostatic pressure due to immersion depth) only, and does not consider stress concentration effects from non-uniform loading, as is the case when any surface points of contact exist, or if any mechanical load (tension, compression, torque or bending) is applied either directly or through a matrix material to which the sphere is bonded.</p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 12, 2017 3:00:42 PM MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1497301150488_2490">Hi all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1497301150488_2490">What does Isostatic crush strength mean? I am researching microspheres, and assume it means unsupported crush strength.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1497301150488_2490">Hank</div></div><p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #000"></p><pre class="k9mail"><hr /><br />Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br />Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<br /><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>