sand + nuke = glass?

**portugal11** · July 09, 2008, 09:54 PM

so i know sand plus heat = glass my question is

when they tested a nuclear bomb in the desert did some of the sand turn into glass?

**Chaigidel** · July 09, 2008, 09:57 PM

I would bet yes

**Sphere** · July 09, 2008, 09:59 PM

Yes, it even has a special name. Trinitite.

They actually had to protect the remaining glass at the trinity test site because tourists had taken almost all of it.

**Oglethorpe1983** · July 11, 2008, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Sphere

Yes, it even has a special name. Trinitite.

They actually had to protect the remaining glass at the trinity test site because tourists had taken almost all of it.

Well...its not like we cant make more...the middle east is filled with Sand...we can nuke Iran then well have all the Trinititie we'll need...plus we can then sell the pieces of glass to people to offset the cost of the the bombing mission...its win freakin win.....

**portugal11** · July 09, 2008, 10:01 PM

wow cool, i always had this question in my head since i was seven or so

**Serious Spamurai** · July 11, 2008, 09:49 AM

Supposedly there are also glassy craters in the Sahara and other large deserts where Meteorites have crashed and melted the sand.

**Oglethorpe1983** · July 11, 2008, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Serious Spamurai

Supposedly there are also glassy craters in the Sahara and other large deserts where Meteorites have crashed and melted the sand.

Really?... Ive never heard that, thats cool.

**domino_rfc** · July 11, 2008, 01:50 PM

its the same with lightning, when lightning hits the sand it forms fulgurites (looks like glass roots)

**Serious Spamurai** · July 11, 2008, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by Oglethorpe1983

Really?... Ive never heard that, thats cool.

Yeah, some from Libya:

**Pivra** · July 11, 2008, 10:00 AM

lets make one big drinking glass of the middle east lol.. (joking... )

**André Masséna** · July 11, 2008, 08:13 PM

What is FDR's face doing in Libya??!?!

Scandal

**Saturn** · July 11, 2008, 08:21 PM

A dime comes with every piece! We can pay for the nukes in the Middle East if we use them!

**sparty** · July 13, 2008, 12:51 AM

The lightning glass stuff is pretty cool. There was a movie where one of the characters owned a shop that sold that kind of stuff. I totally forget the movie's name right now...but in any case there were lots of examples of it.

**The Big Red 1** · July 13, 2008, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by sparty

The lightning glass stuff is pretty cool. There was a movie where one of the characters owned a shop that sold that kind of stuff. I totally forget the movie's name right now...but in any case there were lots of examples of it.

Sweet Home Alabama. I can't believe I know that...

My mom's favorite movie.