Rotational motion is a great way to break up liquids, as anyone who’s watched a dog shake itself dry can attest. That same centrifugal force is what allows this rotary Keep reading
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Streaming Fire
I’m just going to start this one with a blanket statement: DO NOT TRY THIS. Instead, enjoy the fact that the Internet enables us to enjoy the sight of burning gasoline in Keep reading
Breaking Up Drops
Lots of applications – from rocket engines to ink jet printing – require breaking large droplets into smaller ones, so there are many methods to do this. Some techniques rely Keep reading
Breaking With a Wave
For rocket combustion and other applications, like watering your lawn with a hose, a stream of fluid may need to be broken up into droplets. While simply spraying a liquid Keep reading
Using Air to Break Up Jets
One method of breaking a liquid into droplets, or atomizing it, uses a slow liquid jet surrounded by an annulus of fast-moving gas. The gas along the outside of the Keep reading
Breaking Up
Liquid sheets break down in a process known as atomization. Above are top and side views of a liquid sheet created by two identical liquid jets impacting head-on. The jets Keep reading
Vibrated to Bits
Sound and vibration can be powerful tools for controlling liquids. In this animation, a water/glycerin drop violently bursts into a cloud of droplets when it is vibrated vertically 1000 times Keep reading
A Particle-Filled Splash
A drop of water that impacts a flat post will form a liquid sheet that eventually breaks apart into droplets when surface tension can no longer hold the water together Keep reading
Colors in Macro
Milk, acrylic paints, soap, and oil – all relatively common fluids, but together they form beautiful mixtures worth leaning in to enjoy. Variations in surface tension between the liquids cause Keep reading
Inside a Humidifier
After this, you may never look at a humidifier the same way again. Ultrasonic humidifiers generate tiny droplets using piezoelectric transducers. When the humidifier is on, the ultrasonic vibrations of Keep reading