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  2. Prince Rupert's drop - Wikipedia

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    Prince Rupert's drops have remained a scientific curiosity for nearly 400 years due to two unusual mechanical properties: [4] when the tail is snipped, the drop disintegrates explosively into powder, whereas the bulbous head can withstand compressive forces of up to 664,300 newtons (67,740 kg f).

  3. Terminal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Bullet parts: 1 metal jacket, 2 lead core, 3 steel penetrator. Terminal ballistics is a sub-field of ballistics concerned with the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits and transfers its energy to a target. Bullet design (as well as the velocity of impact) largely determines the effectiveness of penetration. [1]

  4. Brisance - Wikipedia

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    The value of brisance depends on the application. At one extreme, if an explosive is to be used for propulsion, e.g. by driving a piston or a bullet, brisance is likely to be undesirable, because the objective will be to move the load, not to shatter it or the engine or

  5. Here’s What Happens When You Get Hit By a Rubber Bullet—and ...

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    Here are the most important items to put in your emergency kit. The use of a rubber bullet is one of the more controversial crowd-control measures, says Robert Glatter, MD, an emergency physician ...

  6. Material properties of diamond - Wikipedia

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    A diamond will shatter if hit with an ordinary hammer. [12] The toughness of natural diamond has been measured as 2.0 MPa⋅m 1/2 , which is good compared to other gemstones like aquamarine (blue colored), but poor compared to most engineering materials.

  7. What can an AR-15 do to the human body? A trauma surgeon ...

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    Naik-Mathuria says that if the bullets hit extremities like the arms or the legs, there’s a higher chance of survival. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale has activewear from $2 — shop our top ...

  8. Physics of firearms - Wikipedia

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    Since the mass of the bullet is much less than that of the shooter there is more kinetic energy transferred to the bullet than to the shooter. Once discharged from the weapon, the bullet's energy decays throughout its flight, until the remainder is dissipated by colliding with a target (e.g. deforming the bullet and target).

  9. What Bullets Do to Bodies - Highline

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    The action-movie hero is shot in the stomach; he limps to a safe house; he takes off his shirt, removes the bullet with a tweezer, and now he is better. This is not trauma surgery. Trauma surgery is about fixing the damage the bullet causes as it rips through muscle and vessel and organ and bone. The bullet can stay in the body just fine.