Phenomena

“Keeping Our Sheet Together”

Research poster showing the breakup of a liquid sheet.

When two liquid jets collide, they form a falling liquid sheet. Here researchers explore how that sheet breaks up when the liquids involved contain polymers. The intact areas of the sheet show as dark red or almost black. The edges of the sheet appear in brighter red and yellow, outlining the holes that form and grow during breakup. The type of breakup observed depends on the concentration of polymer in the liquid. (Image credit: C. Galvin et al.)

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