And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Maybe. That cork amounts to a pressure relief valve. A 1" dia cork = around 3/4" area, so 10 psi = 7.5 lb push. Wine corks are spec'd at roughly 75 lb pull.The burst spec on plastic bottles is 12 atm, and glass for sparkling wine is spec'd at 16 atm according to the manufacturers. So one could have 150 + lbs of push on the cork and remain inside the bottle spec. Since you'd be boiling alcohol first the energy input required should be moderate. Seems the math works, and the bottle "probably" remains inside the safe range. Likely <10% chance of an exciting result, but whether that's OK or not is up to you.
a hail of glass shrapnel imbedded all in your mug
ReplyDeleteMaybe. That cork amounts to a pressure relief valve. A 1" dia cork = around 3/4" area, so 10 psi = 7.5 lb push. Wine corks are spec'd at roughly 75 lb pull.The burst spec on plastic bottles is 12 atm, and glass for sparkling wine is spec'd at 16 atm according to the manufacturers. So one could have 150 + lbs of push on the cork and remain inside the bottle spec. Since you'd be boiling alcohol first the energy input required should be moderate. Seems the math works, and the bottle "probably" remains inside the safe range. Likely <10% chance of an exciting result, but whether that's OK or not is up to you.
DeleteYea, leave it to an Engineer to explain it and take the fun out of it.
DeleteTake the fun out of it, greggBC? I was reveling in the awesome detail!
DeleteI too like the analysis. Sorry you couldn't understand.
DeleteBest to make sure before you contaminate wine with glass shards and waste it....
You'll put your eye out, kid.
ReplyDeleteI tried it once on a bottle of Boone's Farm, but I forgot it had a screw cap.
ReplyDeleteOne toke over the line my friend…
DeleteI don't make fun of such oversights anymore. After all, I once climbed over a fence right next to an unlocked gate. It was night, no alcohol involved.
DeleteButane torch, just carefully wave it over the neck, just till the cork starts to jump.
ReplyDeleteBut who carries a lighter anymore?
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