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Fun fact: PVC doesn't show up on x-rays. So when this thing turns into shrapnel and embeds itself in your abdomen; doctors get to just hunt around and hope they find all the pieces.
I've only ever seen potato "holders" made out of ABS, not PVC. Not sure that ABS is any more resistant to er- rapid unscheduled disassemblies.
In the firework industry we use ABS in our mortars because they will stretch and rip if a firework explodes in the tube rather than shatter and turn into shrapnel.
ABS would be better in that regard, it has a higher plasticity and less likely to fragment. But the one in the OP is PVC. ABS pipe is black.
Edit: And I'm pretty sure ABS doesn't show either.
We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.
I appreciate knowing this. If I'm dying from consuming high velocity plastic shrapnel, I won't expect xrays to help.
That fact was fun! 🥰
But PVC does melt unlike schrapnel, so there's no problem if they set your abdomen on fire.
What about an MRI? Too slow maybe?