tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post4371024443681670181..comments2010-05-24T04:01:03.530-07:00Comments on Many Ideas: Under Pressure: Attack of the Killer Soda PopLeDoporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13847811219191643234noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-58041805870172946332010-02-16T11:51:43.564-08:002010-02-16T11:51:43.564-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-30767820180066102452010-02-07T18:53:29.524-08:002010-02-07T18:53:29.524-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-6700841292787508902009-01-02T10:32:00.000-08:002009-01-02T10:32:00.000-08:00I have no data on pop bottle caps, but I do have s...I have no data on pop bottle caps, but I do have some interesting information on pop bottles that have been electrically charged to a lethal amount of voltage. While running an experiment with a two-liter pop bottle in the attempt to prove water could not be electrically charged, I accidentally received a severe electrical shock from the plastic bottle. The PET plastic wall of the bottle makes an excellent dielectric for storing energy. When there is water on the inside and outside of the pop bottle, the conductive water acts as plates of a capacitor and the bottle becomes a capacitor. Just like the capacitors used in electrical circuits, the bottle will store energy. The water inside the bottle can also be replaced with any of the common pop drinks and the bottle can still be electrically charged. When charged, the bottle appears to simply be a bottle of water (or coke) sitting on a table. If someone touches the outer surface of the charged bottle while also making contact to the liquid inside the bottle, they could receive a lethal electrical shock. The bottle will stay electrically charged for many days or even weeks. I will not go into how the bottle is charged, but I have charged them up to 50,000-volts dc. I received my shock by placing my finger into the inside water and touching the outside plastic near the bottom of the bottle. I can’t imagine how devastating it would be if someone was drinking from the bottle. Of course someone would have to purposely charge the bottle as a joke, but I wanted to make it known that a charged pop bottle is possible and can be very dangerous.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116609597183959686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-75490152450202144582008-12-27T14:50:00.000-08:002008-12-27T14:50:00.000-08:00It does happen - I lost the vision in one eye due ...It does happen - I lost the vision in one eye due to the impact of a bottle cap. It was a long time ago - 1987.. I'd just turned six years old. The bottling company and the store selling said bottles were found found to be at fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-47725707352297700202008-11-20T11:01:00.000-08:002008-11-20T11:01:00.000-08:00I hope your son recovers! I am the fiance nerdy m...I hope your son recovers! I am the fiance nerdy mentioned above. As of today, I am still blind in my right eye from this accident three months ago. I have had surgury, as well as 5 different in-office procedures to re-attach my retina witch all have failed! I hope your son has a better luck of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-88831631113797353202008-11-04T14:30:00.000-08:002008-11-04T14:30:00.000-08:00This happened to my son last night they were getti...This happened to my son last night they were getting ready to eat supper and he went to open a 2 liter of Coke and the top exploded into his eye with enough force to send him to emergency room. They did a cat scan to determine if his eye had detached. He went to a specilist this morning and was imediately confined to 2 weeks bed in the hope that the internal bleeding with heal and then they can make the determination as to how much damage was done. At present he has no vision in that eye and the specialist does not know if he will get his vision back without surgery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-53635257018219623962008-08-25T11:36:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:36:00.000-07:00Hi Nerdynerdenstein,I'm sorry about your fiance. ...Hi Nerdynerdenstein,<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry about your fiance. I hope he's going to be alright. It's bizarre that so many people have found this post, given that the rate of occurrence of this kind of accident was so low in the study I cited. <BR/><BR/>Take care, and if anyone has a scientific explanation as to why occasional bottles pop with several orders of magnitude more energy than normal, please write in.LeDoporehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847811219191643234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-26300002593038651722008-08-25T11:22:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:22:00.000-07:00It happened to my fiance too. Just a couple of we...It happened to my fiance too. Just a couple of weeks ago. He is partially blind now and may require surgery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-15020860482308925792008-07-02T12:22:00.000-07:002008-07-02T12:22:00.000-07:00Dear cottim79,Thanks for your story. It's strange...Dear cottim79,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your story. It's strange that this bottle shot the top off so forcefully, especially since normally soda bottles don't do that. Do you think there might have been a manufacturing defect that overpressurized your bottle?LeDoporehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847811219191643234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-33157348649536356332008-06-27T14:23:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:23:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.cottim79https://www.blogger.com/profile/02596150419528443199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-73445567420009333782008-06-27T14:18:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:18:00.000-07:00Gods honest truth this happend to me two nights ag...Gods honest truth this happend to me two nights ago but the bottle wasn't faced towards me. My face was pointed the opposite direction and I got hit in the eye. It scared me to death. I have never felt s much pain in my life. When I was about 11 years old and have been shot with a Bee bee gun in my othe eye. This doesn't compare to what I felt two nights ago. It was from a 2 liter of mountain dew and this warning doesn't appear here on their 2 liters. The bottle hadn't been shook or nothing of the sort. I have a blood spot in my eye and a cut above it with a little bruising. So everyone please be careful.cottim79https://www.blogger.com/profile/02596150419528443199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-23717704878024847222007-02-26T08:01:00.000-08:002007-02-26T08:01:00.000-08:00This is a brilliantly entertaining and sensible en...This is a brilliantly entertaining and sensible entry Pat. You should have your own tv show. I was surprised, the blogger Pat has a quite different voice than the one I know in person! more ferocious! ("unnecessary, attention-whoring portents of soda pop doom") I like both of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-35354505638251129422007-02-24T08:52:00.000-08:002007-02-24T08:52:00.000-08:00I read with interest the editorial regarding soda ...I read with interest the editorial regarding soda pop caps. I'm one of the coauthors of the cited article. Non of the reposrted injuries involved plastic soda caps. The most common agressors are sparkling wine caps (cork or plastic) and metal caps on beer bottles. Especially when people are trying to be funny pointing the caps at someone else or making the caps "fly" as part of the show. Many more injuries have been caused by people trying to open caps with inappropriate instruments: screwdrivers, old bootle openers, the edge of a table, etc... I agree plastic bottle caps don't pose a danger but other caps do. The cases reported are not the total of cases encountered but more of an example of accidents that can happen. Probably most of the injuries go unreported.Jose Dalmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04485636008930201490noreply@blogger.com