Hi,
Oh wow, I hadn’t heard about these spectacular stories involving (super)
early Oxford round-bottom magnets… I’m fairly sure so far I’ve
only seen later round-bottoms which already had a “proper” drop-off
plate. In such a catastrophic nitrogen dewar rupture I can imagine that the rather
tiny “drop-off plate” built into the valve won’t be enough
- oh dear… Will keep an eye out for such old guys!
That said there is a youtube video of a similar incident involving an MRI magnet
(just search for “MRI explosion” on youtube….) - huge amounts of glitter floating
around!
Better not to stand nearby…
Cheers, stay safe,
Bert
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