“…In silicate materials breaking affects SiOSi bonds (Streletskii, 1986;Kawaguchi, 1998;Vettegren' et al, 2008Vettegren' et al, , 2011aVettegren' et al, , 2012aVettegren' et al, , 2012b that are situated on the walls of microscopic cracks. When such bonds are bro ken, the result is S-O free radicals and Si: centers (Silin' andTrukhin, 1985, Kawaguchi, 1998;Streletskii, 1986).…”