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Bottles, Bubbles and Breakages

Mechanical engineers reveal secret to bottle-exploding trick.
Physics
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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  1. Cavitation -- A process that occurs in liquid when bubbles form and implode or collapse.
  2. Accelerometer -- A device that can measure the force of acceleration -- or changes in speed, whether caused by gravity or by movement. 

 

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Tadd Truscott, Brigham Young University
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Bottles, Bubbles and Breakages

Mechanical engineers reveal secret to bottle-exploding trick.
Physics
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Inside Science Television

Inside Science Buzzwords:

  1. Cavitation -- A process that occurs in liquid when bubbles form and implode or collapse.
  2. Accelerometer -- A device that can measure the force of acceleration -- or changes in speed, whether caused by gravity or by movement. 

 

Get Inside the Science
Tadd Truscott, Brigham Young University
Filed under
Technology
Engineering
Materials
Physics
Acoustics

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What's a Snap Fit?

Robot Inspired by Plant Roots Burrows Underground

A sick boy feels his forehead while looking at his phone.

Smartphones With Thermal Imaging Cameras Might Make Handy Thermometers

Photo of an airliner flying away from the photographer, over a forested seashore, as sun is low in the multicolored sky.

If Pilots Took More Control of Traffic Over the North Atlantic

Latest News Articles

The New Quantum Frontier
Physicists Unspool What Happens When Fabrics Dry
We're Ending Our Coverage, But Science Goes On
Heated Debate Rises Over Hints of Superconductivity Above Boiling Temperatures
New Analysis of Pigs' Grunts Reveals How They're Feeling

Latest Video Articles

Nicole Yunger Halpern: When Physics Marries the Past to the Future
James Poskett: Science Has Always Been Global
A Bat's Life
Kristen Nicholson: The Science of Athletes in Motion
Bats Make Predictions on Prey Movements

Inside Science is an editorially independent news service of the American Institute of Physics

© 2022 American Institute of Physics

About Inside Science | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Reprint Rights