Purplelotus1
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I think this is the coolest thing since bubble gum
Did you know that the zodiac is a twelve petaled lotus?
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KATHYPURDOM
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Jalu isn't that candy called pop rocks?
Amos Stevens
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How do Pop Rocks candy work?
"Pop Rocks" is an extremely cool candy to some people, but to other people it is just plain weird and they won't touch the stuff. Regardless of which view you subscribe to, you have to admit that it is definitely a technology candy -- nothing in nature works like Pop Rocks do!
So how do they work? One of the amazing things about Pop Rocks is that they are patented. That means that you can go read the patent and see exactly how they work. You can click here to see the patent -- this page is a synopsis, and if you click the "View Images" tag at the top of the page you can look at scanned images of the actual patent. Page 4 is the key page.
Here's the basic idea. Hard candy (like a lollypop or a Jolly Rancher) is made from sugar, corn syrup, water and flavoring (see this recipe for details on exact measurements). You heat the ingredients together and boil the mixture to drive off all of the water. Then you let the temperature rise. What you are left with is a pure sugar syrup at about 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). When it cools, you have hard candy.
To make Pop Rocks, the hot sugar mixture is allowed to mix with carbon dioxide gas at about 600 pounds per square inch (psi). The carbon dioxide gas forms tiny, 600-psi bubbles in the candy. Once it cools, you release the pressure and the candy shatters, but the pieces still contain the high-pressure bubbles (look at a piece with a magnifying glass to see the bubbles).
When you put the candy in your mouth, it melts (just like hard candy) and releases the bubbles with a loud POP! What you are hearing and feeling is the 600-psi carbon dioxide gas being released from each bubble.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question114.htm
"Pop Rocks" is an extremely cool candy to some people, but to other people it is just plain weird and they won't touch the stuff. Regardless of which view you subscribe to, you have to admit that it is definitely a technology candy -- nothing in nature works like Pop Rocks do!
So how do they work? One of the amazing things about Pop Rocks is that they are patented. That means that you can go read the patent and see exactly how they work. You can click here to see the patent -- this page is a synopsis, and if you click the "View Images" tag at the top of the page you can look at scanned images of the actual patent. Page 4 is the key page.
Here's the basic idea. Hard candy (like a lollypop or a Jolly Rancher) is made from sugar, corn syrup, water and flavoring (see this recipe for details on exact measurements). You heat the ingredients together and boil the mixture to drive off all of the water. Then you let the temperature rise. What you are left with is a pure sugar syrup at about 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). When it cools, you have hard candy.
To make Pop Rocks, the hot sugar mixture is allowed to mix with carbon dioxide gas at about 600 pounds per square inch (psi). The carbon dioxide gas forms tiny, 600-psi bubbles in the candy. Once it cools, you release the pressure and the candy shatters, but the pieces still contain the high-pressure bubbles (look at a piece with a magnifying glass to see the bubbles).
When you put the candy in your mouth, it melts (just like hard candy) and releases the bubbles with a loud POP! What you are hearing and feeling is the 600-psi carbon dioxide gas being released from each bubble.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question114.htm
Amos Stevens
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Lotussan I was replying to something someone posted. I didn't post the SAME thing in every post that I make to the point that it irritated most everyone on the board.
Purplelotus1
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Of you Sagittarius - I ask that you make people laugh, for amidst their misunderstanding of My Idea they become bitter. Through laughter you are to give people hope, and through hope trun their eyes back to Me. You will touch many lives if but for a moment, and you will know the restlessness in every life you touch. To you Sagittarius I give the gift of Infinite Abundance, that you may spread wide enough to reach every corner of darkness and bring it Light.
... And Sagittarius stepped back into place.
I am awesome ! LOL
... And Sagittarius stepped back into place.
I am awesome ! LOL
Purplelotus1
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( nothing in nature works like Pop Rocks do! )
Now Amos will you please think this over .
Now Amos will you please think this over .
Purplelotus1
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Amos Stevens said:
Amos I did not know that . That is so cool . Like I said you are the bag that holds the chips together .
Purplelotus1
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Same here .What an experience ,it is simply indescribable what it feels like when those "things " shoot off in your mouth. Wow !Jalu said:
Purplelotus1
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oh and BTW thanks for the nice words . I would point you but you would never live it down. Thanks
Amos Stevens
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I didn't write the article..
I only cut/paste it.
Me not responsible for the content of the article
I only cut/paste it.
Me not responsible for the content of the article
Purplelotus1
Active Member
Amos you know I am having you on . I do think it is great article .I like those type of tid bits
Amos Stevens
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I know PurpleLotus-I was just explaining
