Thread: Box Wine in the Microwave is Today's BIG Thing - JAN 19, 2010

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Hard to tell if this is real..

Those of you who like to start your day with a nice hot glass of wine should stick with the stove.

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dead link?

it works, i just clicked on it... takes you to a video...

crazy stuff.

musta just been chrome fucking up, works in firefox. chrome is being a douche recently.

and holy shit.

I think there was more than just wine in that box...but still, damn

Spacebag wins AGAIN!!! Spacebag bombs..crazy crusty fun!!!

Originally Posted by dirty_rotten_squatter

I think there was more than just wine in that box...but still, damn

I looked up 3 apes (tre apor in swedish) wine, and its only 17 proof. So really if I bust out the science here, it's more a factor of the spacebag itself- how much pressure and temperature it can hold.

If you remember that the higher the pressure, the higher the boiling point is, it's got to get plenty hot to boil. When it finally does boil (assuming that the melting point of the bag is pretty high) it bursts through the bag, where the pressure is a lot lower than it was in the bag. Because of the lower pressure, all of the water boils at once because it's way over 212 degrees F. Now it's an explosion with all the water turning into gas at the same time.

Check out hot water heater explosions to see what kind of damage this phenomena can do. You'll see the same thing happen if you toss a soda can into a camp fire. When you hear it hissing, step away and try not to let flaming pieces of aluminum fall on you, since you'll get caramel on you.

holy shit that was crazy

Originally Posted by finn

If you remember that the higher the pressure, the higher the boiling point is, it's got to get plenty hot to boil. When it finally does boil (assuming that the melting point of the bag is pretty high) it bursts through the bag, where the pressure is a lot lower than it was in the bag. Because of the lower pressure, all of the water boils at once because it's way over 212 degrees F. Now it's an explosion with all the water turning into gas at the same time.

The temperature is going to be much, much lower outside of the bag, so I'd imagine it shouldn't all turn to gas. Some, sure. Most, probably not.

mike

WHOA! what the fuck, that's crazy

drinkin'-ur doin' it wrong.

Pressure goes down a lot and temperature goes up a lot! So, yes, the liquid would all turn to gas if the temperature was differential was great enough. The temperature outside the bag doesn't have time to cool the liquid down, the fact that the liquid is going from very high pressure to very low pressure at a near-constant temperature is what causes it to all turn to gas. PV = nRT!

*snorts, pushes glasses back up on nose*

good old boys, having a laugh. very enjoyable!

Originally Posted by mksnowboarder

The temperature is going to be much, much lower outside of the bag, so I'd imagine it shouldn't all turn to gas. Some, sure. Most, probably not.

mike

Seriously, do some hands on experimenting. Put a can of soda into a campfire. After a few minutes, you will notice that it bulges out and starts to hiss when the pressure is too much for the can to handle. (when this happens for the bag, it tears and immediately spills/explodes) But the can will hiss for a minute or two before it explodes. The reason for this is because the liquid in the can needs to be exposed to the lower pressure outside before it'll boil- in this case it means that the holes in the can need to be big enough to allow enough vapor to escape to equalize the pressure on the inside and outside of the can. As soon as the pressure in the can is at the pressure outside the can, all the liquid in the can boils at one time, and the can explodes...

Did I warn you to use earplugs and safety glasses? No? Well, use them or an equivalent. Also, don't use propane cans or anything like that, else you'll die.

Originally Posted by finn

I looked up 3 apes (tre apor in swedish) wine, and its only 17 proof. So really if I bust out the science here, it's more a factor of the spacebag itself- how much pressure and temperature it can hold.

If you remember that the higher the pressure, the higher the boiling point is, it's got to get plenty hot to boil. When it finally does boil (assuming that the melting point of the bag is pretty high) it bursts through the bag, where the pressure is a lot lower than it was in the bag. Because of the lower pressure, all of the water boils at once because it's way over 212 degrees F. Now it's an explosion with all the water turning into gas at the same time.

Check out hot water heater explosions to see what kind of damage this phenomena can do. You'll see the same thing happen if you toss a soda can into a camp fire. When you hear it hissing, step away and try not to let flaming pieces of aluminum fall on you, since you'll get caramel on you.

they use water pressure explosions in Iraq to safely dissarm car bombs and IEDs it tears through steel like a knife through butter and tears the bomb faster than the bomb can innitiate its own dettonation. I dont think they use steam though just chemical explosion that presurizes water and shoots it in one direction.

the plastic wouldnt melt untill the liquid inside reached a temperature high enough to melt it which is significantly higher than boiling temp. the microwave energy only generates heat by aggitating fluid molecules. it wouldnt do anyhting to cardboard or plastic alone.

thats insane hahaha

i dont understand why sumone would wanna waste wine like that...who drinks hot wine anyways

damn... hilarious
shame though to waste good ole' wine
though for an explosion like that i guess it's worth it lol

oh god.... is the booze gonna be alright?

Originally Posted by finn

....You'll see the same thing happen if you toss a soda can into a camp fire. When you hear it hissing, step away and try not to let flaming pieces of aluminum fall on you, since you'll get caramel on you.

Delicious delicious caramel.

Originally Posted by GYPSY MOTHERFUCKER

i dont understand why sumone would wanna waste wine like that...who drinks hot wine anyways

Youve never drank leftover spacebag in the morning? leftover pizza=cold leftover spacebag=hott

Don't you know there ain't no such thing as leftover booze? Word.

warm wine ok,but i dunno about 4minutes in the microwave wine

anything but coffee or maybe tea being drank heated up is fuck disgusting. room temprature is alright, though.