Why does plastic turn white before it breaks?

Subject: Why does plastic turn white before it breaks?

Date: Thu May 14 16:44:10 1998
Posted by Christine Delong
Grade level: K-3
School: The New Zealand Correspondence School
City: Ottawa State/Province: Ont.
Country: Canada
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 895182250.Ch

Message:


If I bend a piece of plastic back and forth, no matter the color, it always 
turns white and then breaks. Why? Where does the color go?

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