Prince Rupert's Drop

Don't try this at home! This classic demonstration involving exploding glass spectacularly shows both the great strength and vulnerability of glass that has been rapidly cooled from the molten state.

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[denelson83]

I'd love to see a Prince Rupert's drop being broken at 20,000 frames per second.

[grendelee]

Now we know how to kill it.

[TheKimberly1975]

Cont.: ...somewhat dampened! I can imagine there is a safety factor involved when glass explodes at 4,200 mph, and I shouldn't want it in my eye at that speed!

[TheKimberly1975]

In the movie (based on the book) Oscar & Lucinda, they show Her receiving one as a Birthday gift, & although she likes it just fine the way it is, they demonstrate - quite forcibly - with a hammer & an ax it's unusual strength. When Lucinda takes a pliers to the tail, however, it explodes into a fine mist of billions of pieces; Wikipedia claims it's been tested at 4,299 mph! Their video, however, does not do it justice as its crimped just under the water & it's effects are, shall we say, somewh

[spicyapplecake]

Awww .... but you couldn't see it! I read about it in Peter Carey's book Oscar and Lucinda. They didn't bother with the bucket of water.

[simonbob13]

If you listen closely, the voice sounds kind of like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory.

[labouleesce]

@denelson83 watch?v=Pdy2_vi0FfM&feature=re­lated Here you go

[hfpuflfkjkjltw]

ПРИВЕТ ДЁРТИ!

[bofrostmann1860]

@denelson83 lol, that's exactly what I thought!

[TheAngabe]

Sounds like Sheldon

[jesperc20]

Cmon man with hammer! You can bang harder than that!

[MrCOOKIEtheEATER]

Wizardry!