Prince Rupert's Drop EXPLODING in Epoxy Resin at 456,522 fps - Smarter Every Day 273

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If you're an academic who would like to collaborate on a paper on this topic please reach out. I have lots of data that I didn't share in this video and I think we've made some significant contributions to the body of knowledge in this area. The main reason I wanted to perform this experiment was to better understand the radial fragmentation distribution of the Prince Rupert's Drop. After this experiment, I'm not so sure it works like I originally thought. Also, I really wanted a Prince Rupert's Drop shirt. If you'd like one, as well here's the link! www.smartereveryday.com/store Thanks again to everyone who supports Smarter Every Day on Patreon. I'm sincerely grateful! www.patreon.com/smartereveryday

[@daffaxvi]

:)

[@daffaxvi]

:(

[@BlackHole101]

Can we just appreciate for a moment how Amazing his videos are

[@danfrederiksen1607]

could you make a rupert sphere. and how about encasing the tail in something very vibration absorbing, thus making it much tougher. Maybe a substance very particular like non newtonian liquids. Something that really soaks up vibration energy because that's what kills otherwise very strong glass.

[@h.cedric8157]

I just finished the video, and I was thinking how cool it would look if you use the schlieren method in the slo-motion footage? does the breaking of a drop cause shockwaves in the air?

[@theslowmoguys]

“Close your mouth” could also apply to me while I’m watching this footage.

[@MrE_]

Hello Master of slow mo

[@smartereveryday]

Oh hi B 👋

[@DasVERMiT]

*_CEDDERS!_*

[@mrpariah8060]

Love you guys!

[@adamcearley6873]

It would be really cool if y’all collaborated on something like this with the super slow mo cam at like 1,000,000 fps

[@trackercj]

You should try deep-pour slowcure epoxy resin next time. It's less exothermic and allows more time to get the right viscocity.

[@thomaswalters7117]

They could also try submerging the epoxy box in an ice water bath while it sets to slow the reaction even more!

[@firelizard2]

@@thomaswalters7117 cooling the outside of the box will increase the temperature differential and thus the cure time between the middle of the box and the outside. Epoxy cures from the inside out.

[@maggswastaken]

the whole time im just thinking, if they want a jelly like consistency, why not use clear jello?

[@tibblescat2918]

@@maggswastaken Yup, balistics gel and use a dark coloured glass for contrast

[@sleblanc]

@@maggswastaken jell-o would just explode. Ballistics gel is a better option.

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

I was expecting you to let the epoxy solidify completely before popping the drops but this is cool too.

[@dfktestbot]

Same

[@chukob5]

Same

[@demturkeys1811]

Same

[@demonetiz3d]

i think they wanted to analyze the waves that a very thick substance formed around the explosion

[@x.adam1]

Me, too. That would've been really cool to see.

[@TannerTech]

Hey! My research group and I(at MIT) just filmed some exploding Prince Rupert's drops at 492,754fps through a polariscope. It looks really cool! All of the internal stress patterns are very visible. There is actually a stress wave that propagates through the drop far ahead of the actual explosion front. It actually creates a standing wave within the glass between the end of the bulb and the explosion front. This standing wave increases in frequency as the explosion moves closer to the bulb head until it finally shatters too. You might find it very interesting. I am currently editing footage to put on my channel, but I thought that you of all people might be very interested in this.

[@logitimate]

Very cool. Speaking as a random viewer, please, keep us posted.

[@MIlodOz0n]

When you end the editing of this video please write here a response. I really want to see it!

[@sk8rguy3579]

Where can I find the footage?

[@bradensteele4859]

I’m sorry to comment so much but brake the tail while the whole thing is in a vacuum chamber.

[@gray7112]

Following

[@rickw9799]

Three recommendations here: - Try letting the resin fully harden, I'm curious if the shockwave is powerful enough to shatter the hardened resin. - Try ballistics gel instead of resin. This should more fully capture the 3d visualization of the drop shattering. - Try clear gelatin, as the ballistics gel may be slightly too hard to allow the glass shards to travel through it. I loved this video and am fascinated by just how FAST these things shatter!

[@bbrandonh]

Yeah I thought ballistics gel would work way better, not sure why they didn't try different mediums.

[@Mateus_Longo]

Or that soft plastic used to make fishing baits

[@Buck380]

Same thoughts in letting it fully harden. Would also like to see everything but 1” of the head submerged then let it harden and shoot it and or bang with hammer. If the shock wave can’t move the tail perhaps we can see how hard it really is.

[@travistolbert2647]

Having played with epoxy resin quite a bit once it's fully cured the PRD wouldn't have enough force to break the block.

[@mindrelic]

@@bbrandonh ballistics gel would be super interesting i think! It would allow for more kinetic energy to be displaced so you might get a better look at the patterns the drop creates

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

Love the video! Homogeneous viscosity and hardness is definitely possible. Seems like your resin was struggling with thermal runaway but reducing the volume was a smart move! If you're doing resin experiments in the future and would like any tips just let us know :)

[@harry2240]

The resin people have arrived!

[@andrewodonohue8729]

I was about to comment that this is the collab we need

[@pattmyn]

I was wondering how long it'd take you two to get here. =P

[@tsunamirojomajore1762]

I would love to see a collab with y'all.

[@WorkingHandsMakingStuff]

literally about to write, "Just call E&K to solve all your resin problems"

[@chrissimpson453]

Am I the only one who wanted him to put it In and wait until the epoxy got solid and then pop it?

[@Hand_L]

No I thought that’s what it would be to begin with

[@MrJshsedgwick]

Yeah I'm wondering why he didn't.

[@rizkyrakhmat1]

me too but then the solid resin would hold the blast area instead of contain it.

[@chrissimpson453]

@@rizkyrakhmat1 isn't holding and containing basically the same thinf

[@rizkyrakhmat1]

@@chrissimpson453 pardon my inexcellence of potraying my means by lack of knowledge in proper english language. What I meant by contain is the structure of liquid resin shows better simulation when impact happened while hold is literally hold the impact like a solid cement would. Im still not sure if that explainmy previous statement better or just add more confusion 🤷😄

[@Jacob-ly8vs]

The way you can see the epoxy move is FASCINATING. Fluid dynamics are amazing.

[@vidwannabe]

If you want to try this again, try doing it in water and use Laponite RD (rheology modifier). 2% of laponite in water will gel the water enough to suspend a marble. When you add shear (the drop exploding) it will thin to water consistency and then rethicken immediately. Might make for better photography.

[@LethalLuggage]

This should be upvoted higher

[@canadian.bot.7fp2m7aXx4rkw8s.f]

He wanted something for his desk most of all.

[@practice4617]

Sounds interesting 🤔

[@bbrockert]

If you do this again you might try resin meant for casting. This kind of epoxy is formulated for making strong thin surfaces, and as you found can kick unevenly from self-generated heat.

[@smartereveryday]

I'm open to brand suggestions!

[@silentracer911]

I’m not sure on brands, but people use resins for art, and they are clear too. There is one called “ArtResin”, go figure.

[@drstrangefart]

Art Cast should have a slow cure resin. I know Nick Zammeti uses Entropy Resins for deep pours. Also check a couple of Ben's Worx videos as he does big resin pours too. I THINK he uses Art Cast but I'm second guessing my memory at the moment.

[@drstrangefart]

You can also check out Shop Time with Peter Brown, he does some pretty large reain pours too. He uses Total Boat for his pours.

[@mikoro88]

@@smartereveryday ARe you going to try this again with a different resin? I hope so. It was really cool, and it would be even more cool to see it even clearer! Thanks for all the great content! *PS. You could try checking Ben's Worx videos as mentioned above, he gets some really clear eggs and stuff!^^

[@demonic_cat3160]

I did not fully realize how strong the drops are

[@shadesmarerik4112]

then watch the videos with the hydraulic press

[@hustleeveryday5852]

The shockwave through the epoxy on the second attempt was phenominal! I would definitely purchase the third one as paper weight for my desk.

[@devjock]

Clear ballistic gel could help you with the perfect amount of goopyness. It's real easy to cast, and you can set the "springback" very accurately.

[@durandle9226]

my thoughts on the issues here compared to the desired outcome

[@chadwilson7754]

how do you set the "springback"? i know how to cast but setting is a bit difficult

[@devjock]

@@chadwilson7754 It's like pouring urethane. By carefully controlling the ratio between casting solution and hardener, you can arbitrarily set a final shore harness. It's how they can make skate/longboard wheels so consistent. Only difference is ballistic gel is on the softer side of the shore scale, and it's usually engineered to be as transparent as possible to allow for better viewing of bullet paths.

[@dunkmckay6100]

I was going to say exactly the same thing.

[@PartanBree]

I also wondered about this

[@AdamHillikerLikesRobots]

"I guess it exploded, like everything else..." genuine joyful laughter. You, and this channel are a gift. Thank you.

[@andrewlazier5132]

If the internet was made of more of videos like this the world would be a better place. Thank you.

[@mimamo]

I think an issue was the too small container. As you pointed out yourself, a shock wave hit the outer walls of the container and was then reflected back to the explosion stopping the explosion from expanding.

[@AndresMilioto]

I love that you showed the entire first day of things going wrong. This is science, and if youtube videos don't show that part, children get really discouraged when things don't go their way with experiments. As educators (both formally and just as parents), we need to normalize failure of first N attempts, and the strive to keep trying. This is the way

[@DisIntegratedLife]

That was one of the things I always loved about Mythbusters. Failure is always an option. And in science we often learn more from failure than we end up learning from success. I've even seen experiments where the eventual success was only understood because of the previous failures. Science is at least as much the journey as it is the destination.

[@adasasdasd6079]

You could have just typed, "amount of attempts" or "number of attempts" "The first N attempts" triggers my PTSD from the math class lol

[@freethebirds3578]

The other side of this coin is the channels that only show successes make kids think being a successful KZbinr is easy and they can make that their career without effort. They seem to believe that a 5 minute video takes maybe 10 minutes to produce, and they will never have to really work again.

[@willrichey1735]

"This is the way."

[@beuxjmusic]

Well said!

[@cavemandanwilder5597]

I’d love to see this done with clear ballistics gel.

[@truefiasco2637]

I think it would disintegrate the first inch of jelly around the PRD.

[@m0ntezott]

Yes, or maybe something similar that can harden afterwards. Maybe with UV light etc.

[@nrf2009]

I was thinking ballistics gel would be good too because it'll be more consistent

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

plastisol

[@OpalEckerDeRuvo]

@@truefiasco2637 what if the vice grips were also embedded halfway in the ballistic gel?

[@moreworkfortrevor2027]

Awesome work, I love resin so much. That's almost all the videos I do now. Keep up the good work.

[@oxidane]

I love the senctence, 'we may end up with a asymmetric fragmentation distribution, because the viscosity might not be homogeneous'

[@TheRockeyAllen]

It sounds poetic lol

[@SD_Racing]

Sounded like homo-genius when he said it :p

[@netherwolf1003]

Destin: "We may end up with an asymmetric fragmentation distribution because the viscosity might not be homogeneous." Trent: "Yes."

[@hobbified]

Why do people post trash like this?

[@xx_redwood_xx9737]

It's not that complex a statement. Might be more fragments on one side because the resin might be more viscous on one side.

[@digitalcitizen4533]

@@xx_redwood_xx9737 yes

[@noahjordan6761]

@@digitalcitizen4533 yes

[@Stiggandr1]

@@xx_redwood_xx9737 yes

[@calowaykagan]

US and International HS physics teacher for 24 years now. Your enthusiasm and honesty about your process is inspiring for myself and my students. Your passion for PRDs is terrific stuff. Keep up the good work. You are making a difference.

[@GeorgeHunter-ib6kn]

i really enjoyed this video, i always love it when he covers topics like this.

[@alexg4462]

I love these slow-mo shots. it's like watching a piece of glass turn back into sand in a micro second.

[@Yoshuzimo]

He's like a kid in a candy store....and I love that about his channel.

[@redkb]

I think we can all agree Destin + Prince Rupert Drops equals KZbin magic.

[@thedefectivememe]

RedKB jumpscare

[@seekwhen1848]

and also EXPLOSIVE!

[@Isai314]

Yep

[@eaterdrinker000]

Prince Rupert's DRIP

[@nunyabidnazz8713]

Just an theory I had when you said cavitation bubbles in the epoxy. Could the expansion of the glass cause a vacuum bubble like cavitation that is collapsing back into it's self and that be the reason you're not getting shards flying out into the epoxy

[@banzaitrooper]

You had me hooked on the snatch block videos and now I'm addicted, thanks for the fun knowledge!

[@robertlenders8755]

I think to best capture separate fragments of the PRD you'll want to use a "Bingham Plastic" fluid. These types of fluids are solid at low shear stresses but liquid at high shear stress. If you can find the right fluid it should hopefully be thin enough to shear during the explosion and then become solid immediately as the explosion slows.

[@constantprayerwarrior]

So a reverse ooblick

[@JazzyFizzleDrummers]

That sounds promising. The pressure of the resin was collapsing the drop back in on itself. That might solve the problem.

[@restorer19]

Does the reverse exist as a sort of shock-sensitive epoxy? Something that will be a slow-cure resin under normal conditions, but give it a good shockwave and it solidifies immediately and with enough recovery time/hysteresis to hold the fragments in place until the resin can fully cure?

[@MendTheWorld]

Don’t know Bingham Plastic, but it sounds like the fluid you’re describing is thixotropic.

[@robertlenders8755]

@@MendTheWorld Thixotropic is a related term where the viscosity is time-dependent after a force is applied. These is some overlap with these fluid categories. Common Bingham plastic fluids are mayonnaise and toothpaste. I'm not sure of a Bingham plastic fluid that would be suitable for this experiment. Maybe a certain kind of molten polymer?

[@runewood]

absolutely adore the fact that the captions have names. stuff like [Laughs playfully at Odie] and "Cal: Good to see you too! Destin: How are you?" is always nice to see

[@timothyjohnson1943]

"It's like we wait for the potion to get ready..." Now THAT'S funny, lol. This is such a cool video.

[@drbrainlp]

You know it's going to be a good one when Destin makes another video about Prince Rupert's Drops. We are in for a treat

[@dan3458]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo what a pathetic human 😂

[@mauthful]

What a calm and measured, "I guess it exploded, like everything else." Glad you stayed safe, shared a bit of the danger, and brought us along to learn things.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

That's the calmest I've ever heard someone talk about an explosion.

[@gallagher68]

I would love to see how the PRD responds to hardened epoxy where it cannot expand. Always love your content!

[@younkm1]

I learn something new every day! Never heard of a PRD before today - this was an awesome experiment

[@hebl47]

18:05 I'm amazed at how much energy is stored in this thing!

[@charlesd9949]

For a guy that is so smart... a face shield and gloves would go a long way in this experiment.

[@Mastermindyoung14]

Science is particle accelerators and atom bombs -Mr Grooberson

[@666t]

Safety 3rd in Bama, roll tide

[@dantedevon3978]

I mean, maybe the gloves for the epoxy splashes, but the glass particles are too small to do significant damage to skin, and too large and heavy to be dangerous for lungs. He's fine dude.

[@youonlyliveonce12ish]

Not to mention a mat underneath, THERE IS GLASS ALL OVER THE PARK.

[@charlesd9949]

@David Smith I would hate getting those glass particles into my lungs. I think an average person would gasp at the explosion, and sucking them right in. Do this a few times on camera and a few times off, it adds up.

[@syedusamamanzoor1838]

The fact that it throws a punch along the axis of the drop is awesome.

[@crystalking2468]

Whoever took the time to make the captions, I commend you for your work disclosing every single sound effect

[@builditup104]

"affirmative grunts"

[@MrClaypogue]

I feel that you should just use clear ballistic gel! I don't foresee it having the force to move it and you have the option to set them in and allow it to fully solidify around it and see the force and reaction through the gel!

[@GranRey-0]

I was just going to say Ballistic gel, but it's not super stable afterwards...depending how long they want to keep it. If Taofledermaus gets the Bait Gel stuff to be clear instead of yellow it would be a better substitute than Ballistics gel to have a frozen exploded PRD.

[@JeremyFath]

Tweak the mix for a softer cure might even get a distribution pattern

[@bigbenisdaman]

Yea that's what I thought of as soon as he was didn't let the epoxy set before doin it. I thought he was going to let epoxy set up and do it from teh title.

[@collinschofield808]

I was thinking the same sort of thing! Ballistics gel is literally designed for capturing explosives and seeing how they behave in things!

[@TheDro]

lol when i first started working with resins i had all of the same issues you were having until I got better resins and learned the mixing/vaccum/timing. great video!

[@NautilusGuitars]

This... I made a similar comment. I hope he sees these comments. It hurt me watching this, knowing what was going to happen due to the cheap epoxy and poor mixing technique. lol

[@milkandcookyz]

woo buddy that mixing technique. or lack of mixing. making me cringe.

[@lucian5389]

Bruh tf are u guys doing that you're buying "resins"

[@NautilusGuitars]

@@lucian5389 Idk if you're being cheeky, but the word "epoxy" refers to the solid end product, which is made from mixing polyepoxide resin with a reactive prepolymer resin. Tldr: "Resin" is the appropriate word for uncured liquid "epoxy".

[@NautilusGuitars]

@@milkandcookyz Yeah, I immediately knew this wasn't going to work like he was hoping the moment I saw what he was using to mix the resin haha. The single most important thing to know about doing epoxy is that the resin has to be mixed INCREDIBLY well to cure homogeneously, if at all. Learned that the hard way years ago haha.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

If you're wondering about the wing-shaped bubble, it's the epoxy curing. It shrinks as it cures. and having a void in the middle [the drop] gives air access, so it's peeling apart.

[@heneagedundas]

I've heard of these years ago when reading about Prince Rupert and his remarkable life. This is the first time I've seen them created, so thanks for that.

[@Bodhi_Zypha]

Thanks for letting me help you record 😁 Great video!

[@smartereveryday]

Thanks for the help!

[@LegoGoblin]

i remember watching your gang beast videos all the time, man that brings me back to the good old days of legobawse.

[@Phil8sheo]

Respectfully, you should not phrase your comment this way. It comes off as, "Thanks for letting me shine your shoes".

[@Bodhi_Zypha]

@@Phil8sheo Recording a video with someone is hardly the same as shining their shoes, but I understand what you mean.

[@hj-redravenheng3822]

@@Bodhi_Zypha No issue here, your comment didn't give me that sort of bad vibe 🙂

[@fricadan]

The fact that you used the same background track as in the original Prince Rupert video is such a nice touch ! I think it just fits perfectly . Great video as always, thank you for your amazing work

[@carloslavrado]

This enthusiasm never gets old!

[@royhandy8365]

I've seen this video in my feed hundreds of times and NEVER watched it. Bay, am I dumb! This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

[@IrgendeinerHalt]

I‘d love to see this experiment in polarized light and filmed through a polarizer filter. I hope to see the stress gradient in the epoxy and the Prince Rupert Drop.

[@gabrysur]

To any one that saw the WhatsApp reply be careful it's a scam

[@karlharvymarx2650]

Exactly what I want to see too. Will probably see stress in the box too which would be cool but might interfere with the seeing it in drop, but worth a try. Hmmm, maybe film from above, or shatter in air.

[@Zeldur]

9:40 Double check the max depth of the resin. The yellow, steam, and the waves mean the resin is WAY too thick. The thicker the poor, the hotter it gets. Faster resins have a much smaller max thickness

[@Vousie]

Yup. All I can really say about this video is Destin didn't read the instructions, and totally screwed up a bunch of resin.

[@spamcan2284]

Yeah, casting resin may have been better. I'd love to see them experiment a bit more with this concept. Such a cool video!

[@vertical7047]

The process is amazing, and very interesting. The outcome is beautiful, in its own 'strong swimmer' looking kinda way

[@user-jv7zp9sc8q]

This is what I really want to watch everyday....

[@ElizabethSwims]

I'm curious if a two headed drop can be made and will it work the same

[@idonthaveaname42]

No

[@trebory6]

@@idonthaveaname42 Incorrect, yes, but it's extremely difficult.

[@r2dxhate]

You would need to make a drop large enough to separate into two large drops so that there was a thin shared tail between them. Maybe if you dropped molten glass off a high drive into a swimming pool, there would be enough time for the drops to separate into conjoined blobs.

[@CoolAsFreya]

Maybe if you dropped a blob of hot glass onto a wire above the water to split it into two drops with one tail

[@MrMeszaros]

@@CoolAsFreya good idea. But I think a nail-like protrusion would be better, so that only the thick head splits, and the thin tail stays. It would require precise control where to drop the glass. I hope Destin/someone tries to make one!

[@shaneffrench]

You should consider “deep pour” epoxy. woodworkers used it to fill large voids and comes clear as glass… they tend to take much longer to set that this finishing epoxy, but it should set with a more even viscosity and it should give you a larger window of time to work with…. I love your videos

[@bradkent909]

5:15🤣🤣🤣🤣You got me with "interperlate" I'm dying over here. Love your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@SheffieldChef]

I used to build composite parts of jets for the military. If you need more build time before the epoxy "goes off", we would put the epoxy into a refrigerator to slow the exothermic reaction. You could do this before or after the mix of the two component strata depending on what your needs are.

[@landrybowen8872]

9:43 “ Destins says a lot of big words to accompany his hypothesis” Dude next to him holding the box of shattered glass : “ yes”

[@Qmeister044]

That moment at 16:42 when you both see the reflection of the shockwave is so great. I love your excitement.

[@qbrt4050]

This is like 45 minutes away from my place in Rosalie, AL! Thanks for showing me something to WOW folks!! I took a glass blowing class in my hometown of Wausau, WI at the Glass Blowing Museum they have up that way. Time to see if I remember anything!

[@Ileleana]

the sound of it exploding in the epoxy is the best kind of ASMR

[@Muggles87]

I'd love to see the effect on the resin if you allowed it to cure completely before breaking the tail of the PRD. Would the shock crack the epoxy, or would the force be contained?

[@delphicdescant]

If the epoxy couldn't hold it, you might get Prince Rupert's Bomb.

[@EbeneezerSquid]

That, I believe would give them the ideal for the results they were looking for, I think. They should have suspended a drop in the liquid epoxy, and kept it in the vacuum chamber until it hardened. THEN, when they broke it, it would give them an ideal view into the shatter distribution. Depending on the epoxy used, it might crack, but I doubt it would shatter or become a bomb simply because of the much greater mass of epoxy used.

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

I've already seen someone try that. I don't remember who, but a quick search should fix that.

[@D3nn1s]

@@EbeneezerSquid thats not what they were trying tho. Once its hard it doesnt have that viscosity anymore that allows them to see exactly whats going on. Basically it would break similarish to when broken without the resin id presume.

[@trollslayer9366]

That epoxy has a compression strength of about 9 to 15 thousand psi. Depending on the brand it definitely won’t become a bomb!! It won’t even crack

[@anarchond]

10:47 i was expecting you to let the epoxy actually fully harden with the bead suspended in it before breaking it. Then you'll see probably a much prettier result

[@RichardGailey]

Ditto. There would be no room for expansion for the drop when it blew and you may end up with a great looking piece set in the epoxy.

[@anarchond]

@@RichardGailey worst case is it explodes, but hey thats science 😆

[@mtminded4498]

I was hoping for the same experiment. Fully hardened epoxy please.

[@thierryfaquet7405]

@@anarchond no it wouldn’t, even just decent quality epoxy is super strong once fully cured.

[@hj-redravenheng3822]

Rupert's drop in hard epoxy pretty much just turns white. I think it needs to be pretty firm but still liquid enough to run into the cavity left by the exploding drop. Hard to do. As others here have said - a coloured glass drop in clear resin would add more contrast!

[@7kortos7]

oddly my favorite one was the straight vertical one, the shockwave making it explode enough to flip the container is amazing. so much power in a tear of glass.

[@ITZZZJOHNYYYYY]

this is the video i never knew i needed! what a legend

[@brooos]

Though it wasn't easy to capture the drop in resin, I'd love to see more of the thin "squiggly" tail captured. Each one would be totally unique and make a great item to add to your store. Awesome vid!

[@maxmaidment96]

Yes I want to buy this so bad!

[@MichaelBethel]

It would be interesting to see the drop break in a large tank of water. How big would the cavitation bubble get and would we get a light flash?

[@Anonymous-wd1dk]

It does get a flash. You can trigger a bomb or explosives with that you don't need a cap

[@ibubezi7685]

Or some 'oil' - less liquid than water, yet still clear.

[@Lucky.420]

Excellent footage. Thank you for sharing! 😁

[@JasonInMelbourne]

SmarterEveryDay deserves the credit for about half of these images

[@z-beeblebrox]

This was cool but I'm surprised you didn't try letting the epoxy harden completely around the drop

[@russellzauner]

because the powder would just fall to the bottom of the cavity and not be held in position.

[@StimulatingPresence]

@@russellzauner The PRD isn't hollow.

[@roarkeburnett8208]

They wanted some give in the fluid so they could see the distribution of fragments mid-explosion

[@01DOGG01]

I was waiting for that :(

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@roarkeburnett8208 Yeah I suspect that fully hardened, the resin would crack with the drop, but I'd still like to see how it would look

[@EricHaberthier]

Love the video (as always), but would have loved to see a version once the epoxy had solidified. Would be interesting to see a solid-state environment to contain the explosion, both in slow-motion and as a completed work.

[@Donn29]

I came to the comments to suggest this as well!

[@Jarjarvideos]

That's what I thought the video was gonna be about tbh

[@Miyamotospoop13]

Yea idk why they didn’t just do that

[@septegram]

@@Jarjarvideos Me too.

[@VientoCafe]

same. plz do it.

[@johnfoley2452]

I have done a bit of epoxy work, and the brand I use (Totalboat) actually says to not use a mixer/drill. Probably OK for your purpose, but I did not read that warning before I laid a bar top, and had major problems with the epoxy curing right. Subsequent pours were all perfect, where we hand mixed. Another suggestion, put one of these PRDs into ballistic gel!

[@louiseah7662]

The first video of yours I watched was the Rupert’s Drop vs bullet, and it was awesome!!

[@Erick_Bloodaxe]

My wife was screaming at you for “doing it wrong” with regards to the epoxy. Her point being that you’re mixing it way too fast which is causing the epoxy to cure too quickly (also causing the larger exothermic reaction). There would be fewer lines in the epoxy and it should have more of the viscosity your seemed to be going for.

[@renocence]

This person's understanding may significantly help the project if you do it again. ( I say this TO SmarterEvertDay, Sorry for my bad grammar.)

[@Jacopski]

YES THANKYOU!! It can be mixed easily by hand there’s no reason to make a mix o matic 5000, also I was thinking it would add more air to the mixture (although it will be vacuumed to remove it, it’s still not ideal)

[@Doyle69]

Yup, was hoping for someone to explain this. I use to think using a drill would help, but made it much worse. Mixing by hand for a couple of minutes until no streaks are visible 👌

[@Mygraphicfairydesigns]

LOL yes every tumbler maker in the craft world is going NOOOO your mixing it way to fast :P And to many striations in it HEHE

[@ferretappreciator]

My thought was that he was introducing too much air into the mixture. Like when pulling taffy or making a merengue

[@salamm8910]

My favorite line of the whole video is what makes me love Destin because of our common nerdiness... he said "what this might also mean is we may end up with an asymmetric fragmentation distribution because the viscosity might not be homogeneous". Love the vids. like im addicted to watching them.

[@scottscott6794]

Holy tomatoes! What a great video. Who would have ever thought?

[@angelbordeaux9042]

Wayyy Kool! Loved the nod to the Rolling Stones too🤘🏾

[@duster.]

Loved it. Just a thought: would you get the effect that you're after if the PRD was set in ballistic gel?

[@mvadu]

He wanted to capture the wave midway.. So waiting for it to smoke and insert at that right moment approach.. Slow curing won't work here..

[@russellzauner]

I'd use agar-agar. It can be made cold and it's super clear for a gel. What's cool about that is you can cast a tool for breaking the tail in with it and encase the entire thing in ballistic gel so it can't easily draw in air like the observation that was made when they finally got it.

[@mattsnyder4754]

It’ll just blow the gel apart

[@MrNoobed]

That'd be easy to setup. Just cast it in the gel and let it setup. Make it thicker if you want to reduce the size of the shockwave.

[@duster.]

@@mattsnyder4754 surely that would depend on the size of the block of gel. I'm no expert at all but I have seen ballistic gel survive high velocity, large calibre bullets on youtube.

[@Adamborries]

Just want to say thanks for this, Destin. Tours of facilities are cool and all, but these old- school science project videos are still my favorite.

[@maverickavf7660]

This video is better than I imagined!!Very nice!!

[@plexi3d]

It looks like a star exploding or a galaxy in another shot. I'm quite impressed.

[@CrankyOtter]

As a materials engineer & glassblower, you could not hit more of my top interests in one video. Super fun!

[@margaritashcheglova8670]

Anyone here whose immediate reaction to Prince Rupert's Tears is to think about early King Crimson? 😏

[@MamaDespik]

This is still in my mind from the last video: Rupert's drop created in freefall/zero-g. It wouldn't have a tail, would it just be a super strong glass sphere?

[@danielsteger8456]

the solidification of the rupert drop has absolutely nothing to do with gravity. why do you think something out of the ordinary would happen?

[@IanBLacy]

@@danielsteger8456 the tail is formed because of the way the glass stretches as it’s dropped into the water. It can’t be dropped without gravity, but it could probably still be quenched without gravity. The question is asking what would happen in that case

[@mabumarnauen7318]

@@danielsteger8456 well the reason it gets its tail is because its falling right?

[@crazyrobots6565]

@@danielsteger8456 absolutely nothing to do with gravity? How do you think the blob of glass coming out of the furnace ends up in the water? Gravity.

[@Killerean]

Yes. Similar to your car windows (the ones on the door) being impervious to most impacts. Only once you bend the window far enough or scratch the surface hard enough it will break. Same goes for the ball. It will be just really really strong ball.

[@o.fernandez4848]

Such beauty found in science when it's done to explore.

[@SoLowKaspar]

love fast forwarding all of your videos to see what was advertised in the thumbnail and title.

[@lornehulowski243]

This would be cool with a polarized filter to see the internal stresses in the glass and Ballistic gel. Perhaps a layer of oil above the epoxy so it doesn't suck air after the explosion.

[@marshall7170]

The shockwave would force the oil up and out everywhere which would probably be hot because of the exothermic reaction happening

[@GashimahironChl]

@@marshall7170 There's this peculiar device called a lid, we put those on tupperware so that food doesn't try to run away from fridges, maybe that will keep the oil inside, just make a little hole in it for the prince rupert's tear and you're golden.

[@aaronfeuk2391]

I think a polariscope would give a better visual of the shock wave propagation from the PRD and transferring stress to the epoxy and the plexiglass.

[@soupdaddyg9921]

Maybe use a fresh batch of epoxy on top so there isnt any refraction from the different fluids

[@rhbvkleef]

I love how excited Destin is when things come together! It's clear he really loves this.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

It's the best part of any SmarterEveryDay video.

[@georgiapatriot591]

Using those particular snips, was a great idea fellas!

[@reid3031]

I had no idea coming in what a "Prince Rupert's Drop" was, so the title was very harrowing and intriguing indeed

[@billnchris1]

Exploding a Prince Albert would be stuff of nightmares.

[@slartyb52]

Hi. Love your videos. This one is great ... but there's a lot of room for improvement with regard to your epoxy processing. 1) Use an appropriate epoxy: The one you are using is meant for surface finishing in thin layers. Making big quantities in deep sections is a bad idea, as the exotherm will be so high, the cure will be uncontrollable, and a fire risk. 2) Mix, mix, mix! Mix until clear, then transfer to another container, and mix some more. 3) Removing bubbles with a vacuum only results in boiling of one of the epoxy components, changing the ratio slightly. Probably won't make much difference, but all those bubbles coming out of the epoxy are not trapped air bubbles. I would *LOVE* to see one of those results sawn in half, and put under a microscope!! Keep up the good work.

[@favoritemustard3542]

I don't know why, but after the 1st attempt, I pictured in my mind "boiling" a bunch of glue sticks & pouring that over the Prince...

[@shaneskabobs]

I came to say basically the same thing, lol. Mix more and maybe use a deep pour epoxy. And smaller containers was a good idea!

[@jamessmall5556]

Use a mixing nozzle, dump first bit out from nozzle then feed from the bottom of mold. Use a epoxy with slower set time that will help with the bubbles and exothermic run away.

[@laurenwasinger9436]

I feel like an art resin would do what he was going for. There are a number of good brands, some ok brands are available at craft stores like Michaels.

[@evancountryman8248]

Thank you!! Watching the resin flash-cure like that was so painful

[@Artiken1]

You sealed the end to prevent air. When you said that, I thought to myself, "If you wanted to see the air gaps between the glass fragments, why not pour colored water down the spot, before you seal it. Contrast would help you to visualize the fissures within the glass." In other words replace the air with a colored liquid. The liquid would probably have to be fairly thin with little surface tension. Something that would not react with the epoxy. Acetone, paint thinner is out of the question. Maybe colored alcohol.

[@mycosys]

IPA would be a likely solvent, very low surface tension. Suggested the same thing.

[@Jakefrc]

You could probably use a water based paint with some dish soap

[@alejandrolopez2577]

Jedrek29t did exactly that. He has a video on prince Rupert drops in epoxy, but iirc he let it set completely before exploding them.

[@bendingsands87]

You could use a colored uv epoxy in a vacuum chamber and suck it down into the drop before using the uv light to instantly cure it. A collaboration with people who know epoxy would have helped them a lot.

[@xxTheMouseThatRoaredxx]

Oh wow! That was the first video I watched of yours way back when!

[@dianacourt377]

That super slow was amazing

[@franciscorosario2709]

Back to the roots with the Prince Rupert’s Drop. Love it, it was my first video and how I fell in love with SmarterEveryDay

[@eaterdrinker000]

Prince Rupert's DRIP

[@JohnSmith-zn3js]

Not sure if this has been suggested in the comments anywhere but have you thought about trying ballistics gel? Like the kind used in testing the transfer of energy from projectiles to a target? They make kits that people mix themselves then some hours later (not sure but think its 24-48 hours) you have a block ready to go. The gel may would allow for more fragmented expansion. Wasn't sure exactly what you were goin for but excellent job and you got some BEAUTIFUL videos to show for it. Awesome Job.

[@ParkeWithoutReverse]

Love the sound effects on the slo mo stuff.

[@AK-sq5nc]

Thank you netherland ❤

[@sparrowthenerd]

In case you ever want to try this again, epoxy kicks way faster if its too deep! If you want to slow down the cure to get the perfect "sweet spot" try mixing in shallower batches in multiple cups

[@danielstewart3507]

And don't mix it in the sun. The sunlight makes it kick so much faster.

[@robertpaulson2043]

Destin, your child-like joy of learning is inspiring. Thanks for bringing us along with you.

[@seanmcewan4713]

You are amazing. I absolutely live watching your Chanel. I try myself to get smarter everyday. Whether watching a science channel for a little while or doing experiments with things at home. Science, electronics, electricity, and construction are all fields I live to learn about and you help me do that. And I want to say thank you for that. Keep being incredible…and I’ll keep watching!!!

[@curtisaitken7027]

As someone who works with art resin…you need put part B in first then part A. Mix very well to get the sides and bottom of all the material better. That’s why it wasn’t clear and you had clouds in the final epoxy. You need to de-gas more and you need to make sure you are in a better temperature controlled environment. Read the directions of the epoxy for temperature required. I’d love to work in this…I’m going to work on this at home.

[@FusionSimulations]

It makes no difference whether you pour A into B or B into A. What does make a difference is as you said, thorough and complete mixing.