Sound of Explosions in Space? part 1
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Will explosions in space make a sound? well I thought I'd fire up the vacuum chamber to find out. alarm clock in vacuum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqw0paLxdPo camera used: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1714585446/chronos-14-high-speed-camera?ref=347vmt&gclid=CMTghY-5_NACFQ5qfgodCQkE1w the explosive used was acetone peroxide confined in a plastic tube and initiated with an eletric filliment. Help me make videos by donating here: https://www.patreon.com/CodysLab
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My question is, does this mean a bullet could be shot in space? If only a hammer was used and not an electrical fuse to set off the gunpowder within the casing? Sorry if its a stupid question, but would there be enough heat to set off the explosive?
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I think, the reason it make sound because the exploding thing hit the container, not because of the explosion
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The sound could've traveled trough the detonation wires, i would've tried with a wireless detonator instead.
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Is it possible to cold weld in that vacum chamber?
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Combustion requires oxygen. Oxygen and other gasses must have been present for combustion to happen. Sound can travel through that gas, but it also travels through the solid objects in the chamber. The explosion creates byproducts from the plastic as well. If you had an isolated microphone and a longer chamber you could rule out the blast radius and get a clearer result.
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what about if there's nothing for the gas to hit? or what about the distance you are from it? could it be delayed by how far you are?
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Bings me to the question, how fast the speed of sound is, in a vacuum? :o
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Pressure Waves
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Wait, I have an idea. Build the designs of an attempted perpetual motion machines, but run it in a vacuum or near vacuum. I know it still isn't perpetual, but it would be cool to see how longer it would last.
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what's with the lights blinking in slow motion?
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You could have used something which just makes sound other than small explosives.
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Cool, I was always arguing, you cannot hear any sound on space battles,
which would be boring in TV. So any chemical propellant would actually
be audible if nearby and shot out of engines in high velocity. -
cant hear a ring from a dead bell . vibrations and magnetism have a lot in common . the sun .
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This is incredibly interesting. I'm blown away at how I didn't think of this before. The science behind a ship surviving a "Massive Explosion" in space just completely changed for me. (I'm interested in Astrophysics, not a hobby or profession, just an interest), so this made my night.
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Tiny vacuum versus the infinite vacuum of space. There would be a huge difference.
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Nice experiment. And hey, you have an Aloe plant too!
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I'd an explosion in a vacuum is it doesn't have any medium to slow down and absorb some of the shock wave.
However you probably have a pretty weak blast radius -
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