1. Explosive spalling events of refractory concrete can result in serious problems. 2. The commercial refinishing process for bluestone cut slabs is called spalling . 3. The massive span was shedding pieces of concrete due to spalling . 4. Probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis of spalling during edge indentation in ice. 5. Applying a good masonry sealer can also help prevent spalling . 6. At that point spalling may occur damaging the pusher plate. 7. Salts that expand on crystallization in capillary gaps can cause surface spalling . 8. Contact fatigue begins with surface distress, which can grow to spalling . 9. An expansion joint suffered cracking and spalling during the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. 10. Additional spalling produced the characteristic look of the reserve s boulder piles.