Phenomena

Marangoni Convection in Space

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In this Saturday Morning Science video, astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates Marangoni convection in microgravity using a water film with tracer particles, a soldering iron, and a flashlight. This same effect occurs on earth but is masked behind the much stronger effect of buoyant convection.

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