Thursday, June 26, 2014

energy - What happened to this folded paper in a hydraulic press?


The video below apparently shows a man folding an A3 size piece of paper 7 times, putting it under the hydraulic press each time. After 7 folds, on the last press, the paper sort of explodes. What's happening here?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuG_CeEZV6w




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