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Started by Slide Panda, March 26, 2013, 06:21:03 AM

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Slide Panda

March 26, 2013, 06:21:03 AM
So came across a new item from Smarter Everyday about something I'd never even heard of before the Price Ruperts Drop. Very easily made, drop some molten glass in water resulting in a very complex structure with some interesting properties. Check the video

Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day 86

And if you didn't know about Smarter Everyday check them out, some neat science in a digestible format.

-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
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March 26, 2013, 07:47:48 AM
never heard of those ... very interesting physics.  thanks for posting.
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#2
March 26, 2013, 07:56:20 AM
That was cool, but that math hurt my head.  Now it feels like this  [bang]. 
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#3
March 26, 2013, 11:20:15 AM
Interesting video - friend of mine is a high end art glass guy - I'll have to talk to him about this - do some 'sperimenting!
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Slide Panda

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March 26, 2013, 12:14:43 PM
Quote from: WarrenJ on March 26, 2013, 11:20:15 AM
friend of mine is a high end art glass guy - I'll have to talk to him about this - do some 'sperimenting!

Report back! Just remember the eye protection if you guys get to experimenting. Looks like fragments travel a good ways when these things let go
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Stella

#5
March 26, 2013, 03:14:02 PM
That is crazy cool!    :o   [thumbsup]
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March 26, 2013, 04:42:15 PM
neato
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#7
March 26, 2013, 04:58:47 PM
Very cool   [thumbsup]
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March 26, 2013, 05:16:58 PM
Quote from: Slide Panda on March 26, 2013, 12:14:43 PM
Report back! Just remember the eye protection if you guys get to experimenting. Looks like fragments travel a good ways when these things let go

I'm thinking a face shield, leather welders jacket and gauntlets for starters.  I didn't like where all those little fragments were ending up in the video - plenty up sleeves, etc.
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March 26, 2013, 07:03:36 PM
Cool!
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Slide Panda

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March 27, 2013, 05:36:09 AM
Quote from: WarrenJ on March 26, 2013, 05:16:58 PM
I'm thinking a face shield, leather welders jacket and gauntlets for starters.  I didn't like where all those little fragments were ending up in the video - plenty up sleeves, etc.

Probably a good call. Death of 1000 cuts sucks, from what I hear.
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

triangleforge

#11
March 27, 2013, 03:12:41 PM
Quote from: Slide Panda on March 27, 2013, 05:36:09 AM
Probably a good call. Death of 1000 cuts sucks, from what I hear.

It'd be interesting to take a look at the shards under a microscope afterward - are they sharp-edged, or more like grains of sand?
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#12
March 27, 2013, 03:54:46 PM
That's really cool.  [thumbsup]
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