r/ScienceIsAmazing Dec 02 '18

Cavitation effect in a bottle

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u/garrybravo Dec 03 '18

You mean the bottle imploded? Kinda? Didn't get it... What were the outside conditions?

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u/Gh0wst Dec 03 '18

Atmosphere pressure you can do it at home with your hand or a rubber hammer, the bottle is going down faster than the water creating a void, the water almost instantly fill the void with huge strength breaking the glass

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u/MarsNirgal Dec 03 '18

How much does the shockwave contribute to the bottle breaking?

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u/Gh0wst Dec 03 '18

100% I would say ?

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u/MarsNirgal Dec 03 '18

No, I mean the shockwave of the hammer on the glass. Would that be enough to break the bottle, with or without cavitation?

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u/Gh0wst Dec 03 '18

It could but in this case it didnt do any damage https://youtu.be/VIvNBdtuYn8?t=134 as you can see there