When a laser cutter engraves acrylic, which mechanism forms the mark?

💡 Explanation

Thermal ablation generates localized marks because the focused laser rapidly heats the acrylic, causing polymer degradation. Therefore, ablation causes the mark, rather than the photoelectric effect or Raman scattering which have weaker impact here.

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