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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs&feature=player_embedded#)
And if you didn't know about Smarter Everyday check them out, some neat science in a digestible format.
never heard of those ... very interesting physics. thanks for posting.
That was cool, but that math hurt my head. Now it feels like this [bang].
Interesting video - friend of mine is a high end art glass guy - I'll have to talk to him about this - do some 'sperimenting!
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
That is crazy cool! :o [thumbsup]
neato
Very cool [thumbsup]
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.
Cool!
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.
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?
That's really cool. [thumbsup]