Prince Rupert's drop
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title:
Prince Rupert's drop
text:
Prince Rupert's drops are toughened glass beads created by dripping molten glass into cold water, which causes it to solidify into a tadpole-shaped droplet with a long, thin tail. 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. In natur
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description:
Glass object created by dripping molten glass into cold water
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_drop
date created:
2005-03-06T06:34:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T00:27:18Z
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