Density of cocaine + math

>>8654947
>So science/math folks could you help solve this debate?
Not without knowing the actual physical properties of the brick.

>>8654963
Okay so I don't know how dense a brick of cocaine is weights are estimated
1000 grams = 35.27 ounces "One Kilo"
A kilogram of cocaine is often referred to as being 2.2 pounds of cocaine.
1 kilo (kilogram, 2.2 pounds) of cocaine (compressed) would be about 4 inches by 8 inches by 1.5 inches thick or 48 cubic inches, an inch longer than a large paperback book.
This is about 10 x 20 x 4 cm. (800 cm3) at 1.216 g/cm3
Hope this helps

Neither of you are correct; the brick would neither have stayed intact nor exploded. Assuming it is a BRICK of cocaine created by ideal pressure compaction, and having about the same properties as talcum powder, the brick would simply have split into pieces wherever impact was made. Though, made un-idealy, the most likely scenario is a bit of powder release upon impact.

>>8654947
>a brick is dense enough to survive being hit
mercury is fucking denser than lead, but if it gets hit by a mace, it will "explode" into tiny drops.

>>8655126
Mercury in room temperature is in liquid state.

>>8654947
>Bricklayer here

A normal bat would have split it in 2 pieces, over the line of contact. A spiked mace is probably the worst tool to break a brick of cocain.

>>8655150
And even in liquid its much more dense. His point is density has nothing to do with its behavior.

>>8655126
It's a liquid at room temp but If you hit mercury it goes solid.

In any case it wouldn't explode, if anything your mace hilt would snap (if you could actually hold it through the impact)

But aren't bricks of cocaine typically wrapped in plastic or cellophane? My assumption would be that the mace would puncture the wrap, causing the cocaine to spill out.

I'm also assuming it would depend on how hard the mace was swung and the dynamics of the strike (how sharp the mace was, etc)

>>8654980
Density is only a part of the equation. If you hit a brick of magnesium (1.7 c/cm3), do you think it would break at all? Or that sulphur (2.1 g/cm3) would remain intact?

>>8654947
Since you STEM people know nothing about cocaine, I'll elaborate. Bricked cocaine is hard as fuck, this is why people use a razor to cut up (good) cocaine.

That brick of cocaine would be at best dented after the hit. And no, it wouldn't "spill out" like this fag sugguests >>8655285

>Others argued that a brick is dense enough to survive being hit like it was.

You spotted the cokeheads (who knew what they were talking about).