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Waves in a Large Free Sphere of Water - An experiment at the International Space Station.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 3, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Author: dgquintas

Length: 02:52
Rating: 4.75
Views: 743600

Tags: science  space  

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Kotowboy (October 10, 2008 at 5:28 pm)
The guys voice is annoying :-p " Water droooooplets "
fromfictiontofact (October 10, 2008 at 9:07 am)
they do it in outer-space?
thelittlestchipmunk (October 9, 2008 at 5:33 pm)
space
fromfictiontofact (October 9, 2008 at 4:18 pm)
how the heck do you make a Sphere of Water?
Peoplearecrazy1337 (October 7, 2008 at 4:34 am)
I agree with EvanHarper. Its like the water molecules almost have friction against each other, keeping them formed togeather into a sphere. Well, at least i think so, learned it in Biology class a few weeks ago.
upsideDowNwaffLE (October 5, 2008 at 3:34 am)
lol Obviously.
upsideDowNwaffLE (October 5, 2008 at 3:33 am)
surface tension pulls it into a sphere same as raindrops and bubbles
zaphraud (October 4, 2008 at 6:35 pm)
Which is why water heated in a container to a temperature where it has a much higher vapor pressure, will show less surface tension? The surface tension is the result of the difference between the liquid's would-be vapor pressure and the pressure of the gas surrounding it?
evanharper (October 4, 2008 at 5:40 pm)
I wish I could believe that the people talking about gravity here are just trolling, but you might actually believe it. Idiots. The acceleration due to gravity at that sphere's surface would be about 1.8 x 10^-8 m/s^2, ie, vanishingly negligible. Gravity has no relevance at this scale. The sphere is held together by surface tension; polar water molecules are attracted to other water molecules much more strongly than to nonpolar nitrogen and oxygen molecules. Obviously.
SubMitch24 (October 4, 2008 at 9:39 am)
everything has gravity, so the waters gravity attracts it to itself, forming a circle, explaining circular planets

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