Heat Treat TV pulls the best heat treat videos from the web for your viewing, and today Heat Treat TV highlights the pressurizing effect of quenching.
The mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop is a well-known phenomenon. Somehow, the glass will not break under significant pressure, but a breakage to compromise the structure of the tail of the drop leads to absolute combustion, similar to a chemical explosion.
In this video, you won’t only simply learn about what the drop is, but also why it works and where it comes from. The relationship between glass and metal is the effect that the quench process has on the structural integrity of the materials. Learn more about external surface tension and its role in heat treat in this Heat Treat Radio podcast about Rethinking Heat Treating, Part 1 with Joe Powell of Integrated Heat Treating Solutions.
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