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← HistoryWhich risk increased within Mughal pietra dura mosaics when craftsmen substituted cheaper materials?
A)Accelerated thermal expansion cracking✓
B)Diminished structural load capacity
C)Increased susceptibility to seismic shear
D)Reduced resonance frequency amplification
💡 Explanation
Differential Thermal Expansion happened, because cheaper materials often had different expansion coefficients than the original stones, therefore daily thermal cycles caused stress within geometric designs/interfaces resulting in accelerated cracking, rather than uniform expansion maintaining aesthetic integrity.
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