Which material failure increases when early Byzantine mosaics experience fluctuating temperatures?

💡 Explanation

Differential thermal expansion causes tesserae detachment because different materials expand/contract unevenly; therefore, tiles pop off, rather than experiencing pigment change or seismic issues, which affect structure stability different ways because of their nature.

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