From a material science perspective, what's distinct about a material that can form a prince Rupert drop and what conditions are needed to find out how to make them?
Has anyone made comparisons between different glass types or molten crystal like sapphire? Are there organic materials that "temper" when dropped into liquid nitrogen that behave similar? Can they be made from metal glass?
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I’d be curious what the result would be of exploding Prince Rupert’s Drops inside of Acrylic as it sets. Beyond The Press did some in water which was pretty neat, but I wonder if it’s possible to capture the explosion as if it’s exploding in slow motion. Would be neat to see with different colored glass as well.
I know when blacksmiths quenching blades it tightens the molecules so the metal is harder. But was wondering if metal could be made even harder.
Example: actual molten steel poored into liquid nitrogen.
Or different metals : aluminum, steel, brass, copper etc. and different "quenching mediums"- CO2 (dry ice) liquid nitrogen, boiling water. Ice water. Rubbing alcohol.
And explore the different combonations.
I know who made it, but whats the song?
