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Which risk increased within Mughal pietra dura mosaics when craftsmen substituted cheaper materials?

A)Accelerated thermal expansion cracking
B)Diminished structural load capacity
C)Increased susceptibility to seismic shear
D)Reduced resonance frequency amplification

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Differential Thermal Expansion happened, because cheaper materials often had different expansion coefficients than the original stones, therefore daily thermal cycles caused stress within geometric designs/interfaces resulting in accelerated cracking, rather than uniform expansion maintaining aesthetic integrity.

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