it should be said that those subzero temperatures would have made the steel bomb brittle and more prone to explode.
The bomb would have contained more pressure before exploding if it wasn't so cold. IE: note the bomb's steel was not bent or buckled at all - like a shattered glass lightbulb.
Yeah as steel gets colder it gets harder - this means it will crack rather than bend. Steel can get brittle even in cold winter ocean waters, warmer than -77C.
But i just noticed the bomb was made of CAST IRON, which has a greater carbon content than normal steel itself - and is therefore more brittle.
Did you notice how the bomb pieces were not bent at all? It was shattered, like glass.
casting is actually a process of making the shape of the bomb.. whereby a shell of a high melting point material surrounds the melted material, forming them into its shape. so.. i think cast iron is also a common name used with alloy making in the old days..
Yes but "Cast Iron" - although it's name may seem straight forward - is not PURE IRON set in a cast. It contains less Iron than even carbon steel does.
You start with pure Iron, then you add a lot of carbon and it's Pig Iron, then that can be turned into Cast Iron. But the Iron lost it's purity early on. Carbon steel has more of a right to be called "Pure Iron" than Cast Iron has.
I meant frag grenade lol
Jacobrb13 1 year ago
That's a goddam drag grenade! (environmentally friendly :D)
Jacobrb13 1 year ago
That box should fly instead of exploding!
geekionizado 1 year ago
it should be said that those subzero temperatures would have made the steel bomb brittle and more prone to explode.
The bomb would have contained more pressure before exploding if it wasn't so cold. IE: note the bomb's steel was not bent or buckled at all - like a shattered glass lightbulb.
roidroid 4 years ago 5
minus 77 isnt that cold ...steel gets brittle at those temps ?
are you sure?
dancingnature 4 years ago
Yeah as steel gets colder it gets harder - this means it will crack rather than bend. Steel can get brittle even in cold winter ocean waters, warmer than -77C.
But i just noticed the bomb was made of CAST IRON, which has a greater carbon content than normal steel itself - and is therefore more brittle.
Did you notice how the bomb pieces were not bent at all? It was shattered, like glass.
roidroid 4 years ago
thanks any science info about fields im not in is appreciated
dancingnature 4 years ago
yup
WillItExplode2008 3 years ago
there are not made of steel.. she said "cast iron".. cast iron is brittle for sure.. i dunno about steel
lewy0701 3 years ago
Cast Iron, although the name suggests otherwise, is not actually pure Iron.
Carbon Steel actually has more Iron in it than "Cast Iron" does.
Strange i know, it's just weirdly named.
roidroid 3 years ago
casting is actually a process of making the shape of the bomb.. whereby a shell of a high melting point material surrounds the melted material, forming them into its shape. so.. i think cast iron is also a common name used with alloy making in the old days..
PS: alloy is brittle.
lewy0701 3 years ago
Yes but "Cast Iron" - although it's name may seem straight forward - is not PURE IRON set in a cast. It contains less Iron than even carbon steel does.
You start with pure Iron, then you add a lot of carbon and it's Pig Iron, then that can be turned into Cast Iron. But the Iron lost it's purity early on. Carbon steel has more of a right to be called "Pure Iron" than Cast Iron has.
roidroid 3 years ago
@roidroid Cast iron is also rather brittle naturally. It will flex very little at room temperature, so the effect you speak of is diminished greatly.
caulk04 1 month ago
to what omg toooo what wtf ??? why would it just end NOOOOO
M4sk3dC4sp3r 4 years ago
Explode maybe?
dravster 4 years ago
lAwl maby
M4sk3dC4sp3r 4 years ago