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Andy Marmery finds out what happens when he heats up a glass bauble filled with a tiny amount of water. The results are, predictably, explosive. However, shooting the experiment at 18,000 and then 34,000 frames per second with a Phantom v1610 camera reveals the shattering forces at work.
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Should have called TheSlowMoGuys for even more Slow Motion!
Physics FTW! Thanks for the show folks!
Added to wishlist:
Polycarbonate lab goggles with bits of glass shrapnel embedded in them.
oh wow that's neat. what's that pulsing in the baubal?
I'd love to see what this looks like with a low powered laser illuminating the bauble.
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Excellent video – thanks chaps! 🙂
Why are there 2 distinct "steam sources" in the blue bauble, the top and centre one?
And they shot this with a meticulously hand-built camera which uses 100% custom silicon, including the image sensor…
Not slow enough!
WOW! At 34,000 FPS, it's so slowed down you can even see it collapse back to it's original state a few times.
am I the only one or was the explosion oscillating or beating? Can someone explain this, maybe Ri?