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title: Mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop at 130,000 fps — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/mystery-of-prince-ruperts-drop-at-130000-fps/
date: 2013-03-28
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# Mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop at 130,000 fps

Being able to calculate the failure front velocity of a Prince Rupert’s drop is a pretty big deal. For years this was a scientific mystery. High speed camera technology is only recently fast enough to provide data like this.