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← HistoryWhich outcome results when the differential thermal expansion between marble and pietra dura inlay exceeds the adhesive limit?
A)Accelerated material sublimation occurs
B)Inlay detachment and cracking forms✓
C)Delamination corrosion weakens structure
D)Reduced compressive loading ensues
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In Mughal architecture, significant temperature swings cause varying expansion rates between marble and delicate pietra dura inlays, triggering interfacial stress. This differential movement exceeding bonding strength produces spalling, because adhesion yields rather than the materials homogeneously deforming, therefore inlays detach, not sublimation.
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