Somewhat (un)interesting things I didn't realise.

[Howling Terror]

Firing an x-ray laser at tiny jets of water creates micro-bubbles which in turn explode creating an intensity that eclipses that of a rocket launch.

The intensity was equivalent to directing the electrical power of an entire city onto a single square meter, resulting in sound pressures above 270 decibels.

128dB Loudest human scream
130dB Marching band of 200 members
132dB Eardrum vibration noticeable
133dB Gunshot
135dB “Very loud” street car stereo. Bass only
140dB Threshold of pain, all frequencies
140dB Hearing protection required (definite long term damage)
140dB human throat and vocal cord resonance occurs
141dB Nausea felt after a few minutes
144dB Nose itches due to hair vibrations
145dB Vision blurs due to eyeball vibration
147dB Formula 1 race car full throttle drive-by
149dB Human lungs and breathing begins vibrating to the sound

150dB Loud rock concert, at speakers
150dB Sensation of being compressed as if underwater
152dB Vibration is painful and felt in joints
153dB Throat vibrating so hard it is impossible to swallow
154dB Compression will burst a balloon
155dB Experience cooling from excited air movement, up to 15 degree C perceived cooling
158dB Inside of a rock concert speaker bin with 5000 watts power
160dB Flashlight exhibits electromagnetic pulsing (dimming during tone)

163dB NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters- 5000 to 7000 horsepower
163dB Possible glass breaking level
164dB Internal sound pressure of a large jet turbine
165dB Jet airplane, Example: Boeing 727, at take off
170.75dB = 1 pound per square inch
172dB Fog is created, depending on the temperature, dew point and humidity
174dB Air begins to heat up due to compression
175dB Quarter dynamite stick, very close pressure may exceed 210 db.

177dB = 2 pound per square inch

180dB 1 pound TNT at 15 feet
181.6dB Loudest extreme SPL car in the world
183dB = 6 PSI. On large scale would result in total destruction of all structures, and particle velocity of 180 miles per hour.
191dB 1 lb. bomb or grenade at blast epicentre
193.979dB 1 bar pressure, 14.504 pounds per square inch

195dB Human eardrums rupture

202dB Death from sound wave (shock) alone.
210.6dB Earthquake Richter scale equivalent 2.0

213dB Sonic boom generates approximately 1.2 gigawatts power equivalent

215dB Space shuttle launches exhaust, approximately 3 miles per second
215dB Battleship New Jersey firing all 9 sixteen inch guns
216dB Equivalent to a piston engine cylinder with a 9 to 1 compression ratio
235.19dB Earthquake Richter 5.0 or 31,624 tons of TNT
243dB Largest non-nuclear explosion ever, 1947 explosion in Nazi u-boat pens used 7100 tons of explosive

248dB Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, August 6th & 9th, 1945. Total disintegration of 16 square miles, wind was around 300 miles per hour, destroyed 28” thick concrete walls at 1 mile distance. Leaving a crater 633 feet wide and 80 feet deep.

286dB Mt. Saint Helens volcanic eruption

310dB Krakatau volcanic eruption 1883. Cracked one foot thick concrete at 300 miles, created a 3000 foot tidal wave, and heard 3100 miles away, sound pressure caused barometers to fluctuate wildly at 100 miles indicating levels of 190db at that distance from blast site. Rocks thrown to a height of 34 miles.
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[yen_powell]

Pulling all the tape off of a roll of sellotape makes enough X-rays to take a picture through a little finger.

I read that somewhere, can't remember where though.

Googled it, it has to be in a vacuum when you do it apparently.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/411085/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/
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[chickenstrip]

Light travels through a diamond at only 40% of the speed it travels through a vacuum.

Well, the shit you learn!
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[Shaft]

[Lord Percy]

[chickenstrip]

[Easy-X]

This is where the whole quantum thing is a bit weird! Photons are not physical objects like a tennis ball that behaves predictably. Then again they're not exactly a pure force like gravity, strong & weak forces or electromagnetism.

If you want an "easy" example of this kind of weirdness check out Quantum Tunnelling using this effect in a Field Effect Transistor could potentially drop the power consumption of computer chips by at least an order of magnitude.
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[chickenstrip]

[Howling Terror]

Fuck theory...I want facts.
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[chickenstrip]

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[Howling Terror]

[Lord Percy]

[chickenstrip]

Well, I'm thick, so it needs to be kept as simple as possible if I'm to grasp any of it
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[chickenstrip]

[Howling Terror]

In 1958 they recorded a tidal wave of 1,720ft in Alaska after an earthquake Fact.
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[chickenstrip]

[Howling Terror]

I dun found Quantum.

It's Royal Institution so deffo 4real.

https://youtu.be/dW7J49UTns8
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[chickenstrip]

[chickenstrip]

[Easy-X]

The problem with infinity is this:

∞ + 1 = ∞
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[Ste]

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