If you make the CD 35,000 rotations per minute,


Since a normal music CD is 200 to 530 revolutions per minute, it seems that it will be shattered when rotating at 66 times the normal speed. Although it is not doing anything special at the timing of breakage, light diffusely reflects on the reflective layer and it is scattered cleanly.

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Exploding CD - YouTube


The following movies will rotate other CDs at high speed. When the CD breaks, everyone seems to have a good smile.

Destroy the rotating parts with Toigan.

YouTube - Exploding CD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2yqYG4EyAo


Destroy CD with CD at 1 minute 3 seconds.

YouTube - Extreme Dremel (CD Experiments)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2cKxtZz-6w

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