Aquarium in Berlin Explodes

[tursiops]

Some information here as to how it may have occurred

Bothers me that "glass" is constantly referred to, here and elsewhere. The aquarium was made of plexiglass....plastic.

 

[Bigbella]

Bothers me that "glass" is constantly referred to, here and elsewhere. The aquarium was made of plexiglass....plastic.

When I saw the place, a decade ago, the docents or guides and even some of the literature colloquially referred to the structure as "Glas" . . .

 

[JustSurfaceInterval]

When I saw the place, a decade ago, the docents or guides and even some of the literature colloquially referred to the structure as "Glas" . . .

That's because it is "Plexiglas" which is a trade name/brand that become synonymous for this material, also referred to as acrylic or acrylic glass. Or, for the connoisseur PMMA.

 

[tursiops]

That's because it is "Plexiglas" which is a trade name/brand that become synonymous for this material, also referred to as acrylic or acrylic glass. Or, for the connoisseur PMMA.

Uncapitalized, plexiglass is a generic term.

 

[JustSurfaceInterval]

Plexisglas®

 

[Regulated]

Let's see...a 50 ft (15 m) column of water. About 1.5 ATM (bar) over ambient, or 14.7 * 1.5 = 22 psi (1.55 kg/cm2). That's a lot of pressure. If they had just engineered in a little extra margin, who knows? Still, as stated, not the world's best idea.

 

[tursiops]

Plexisglas®

Yep, trade-marked, CAPITALIZED.
Now look it up uncapitalized....generic, in common use.

 

[Ted Judah]

I meant for us, but sure. Could also put that in quantity since corrals grow and die. They may also not be fully documented with said growth and death.

I noticed in some before video there were artificial corals constructed on the columns inside the tank for aesthetics.

 

[CamC]

That's a lot of pressure. If they had just engineered in a little extra margin, who knows?

Should have used transparent aloominum

 

[O-ring]

Wonder if they used cardboard, cardboard derivatives, paper, string, or cellotape.