delamination

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It is known to be unreliable under pressure, and its layers are known to come apart in a process called delamination.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

"You could have selective reinforcement of problematic areas, to reinforce holes or bolted joints, or places where delamination might happen," Furtado says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

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