• shrugs@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    are we sure that this “explosion” has even nearly enough energy to cause something like this?

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      21 hours ago

      If you think about the thermal stress caused by the heat in addition to the gas pressure, I think its fairly plausible.

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        5 hours ago

        Exactly this. I’m 90% certain there’s an old video out there of a science teacher exploding a glass jug in a classroom doing or trying to do this.