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Subject: How much voltage/amperage would it take to make a drop of water explode.

Date: Sat Sep 26 21:45:30 1998
Posted by Michael J. Gallagher
Grade level: other
School: N/A
City: Moreno Valley State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 906864330.Ph
Message:

I once saw an old newsreel clip that showed scientists using electricity to
explode a drop of water.  This explosion was powerful enough to repeatly blow
holes in one quarter inch steel plate.  I remember that they did not pursue the
technology because they could not imagine a use for it at the time.   



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