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Higher temperature changes caused the atoms to rearrange, and when a large temperature change occurs in a period of time, some atoms cannot keep up with the rearranging and, so, a crack will be formed.

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There might be a thermal shock that may cause the glass to crack.

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Glassware heated in a microwave can shatter into pieces.

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Because the cold will cause the glass to contract rapidly and un-evenly which could result in it shattering.

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It can shatter from the heat diffrence.

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