Research Article

Experimental Investigation on Hard Rock Breaking with Fiber Laser: Surface Failure Characteristics and Perforating Mechanism

Table 6

Compositions of granite before and after laser perforation.

 Quartz (%)Potassium-feldspar (%)Plagioclase (%)Calcite (%)Clay (%)

Granite49.56.522.71.619.7
Lased34.034.617.7—13.7