[Closed] Prince Rupert's Drop - interesting vid for the engineers / nerds out there

Good stuff.

Not to be confused with a Prince Albert's Drop which involves hitting something else with a hammer.

That was interesting. Thanks.

Tried making those a few times - you really can smack the bulb end as hard as you like with a hammer, but snap the tail with your fingers and it detonates. I was finding bits of glass in my hair for days 😉

Superb. Illustrates once again why STW is such a great forum.

Quite probably, the coolest thing I will see today, cheers.

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That's great thanks

Wow.

Interestingly, for me anyway, was the polarised light. We use a polarised light box to measure the internal stresses on PET preforms and bottles at work.

That was a great video, nice one!

This was on one of the Dara wossisname Science Club proggies a few months back.

that's put a smile on my face to start the day. Thanks