Which risk increases within Byzantine church mosaics if inadequate tesserae spacing is allowed?

💡 Explanation

Fracturing increases because differential thermal expansion creates concentrated stresses around tesserae lacking sufficient spacing, a process of thermal stress concentration. Therefore, the mosaic cracks under thermal load, rather than maintaining structural integrity with sufficient gaps.

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