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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,715
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Quote:
Originally Posted by john70t
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_Drop
These droplets are characterized internally by very high residual stresses, which give rise to counter-intuitive properties, such as the ability to withstand a blow from a hammer or a bullet on the bulbous end without breaking, while exhibiting explosive disintegration if the tail end is even slightly damaged.
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They are bulletproof, but when you break one, they exploded. Crazy stuff.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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