delamination

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For delamination to occur, this weakened ice would need to break free and sink deeper into the ice shell.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

That stress could potentially cause delamination, a horizontal splitting of the carbon-fiber hull, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

The delamination of the cells from the underlying carbon-fibre board has occurred close to the hinges that will be used to fold the arrays during the journey to Mars.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2020

Such films require a process known as delamination to separate them from their growth substrates, which deteriorates the material’s quality and necessitates further processing10,11.

From Nature • Jan. 21, 2020

In the Coelentera the ectoderm and endoderm are set apart from one another at a very early period in the life-history; generally either by delamination or invagination, processes described in the article Embryology.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various