[BC] Where old TVs go...

[Cowboy]

On Tuesday 05 July 2005 12:51, David Reaves wrote:
> How dangerous could it be to break a TV tube? Even a full vaccuum is  
> only minus one atmosphere (14Lb./sq. in.)
> 
>   Not that I'm against experimenting, though. I'd be more worried  
> about the stored HV.
> :-)

 WELL......

 If you assume that an implosion stops at the center, not very.
 If, as is nearly always the case, the glass fragments happen to miss
 colliding, there is enough inertia in their mass to do some serious
 ex-plosion type damage !

 So, a chunk of that tube, say 5x5, has about 350 pounds of force
 acellerating it for several inches.
 Something akin to a 5 inch barrel 45 caliber, we might guess ?