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Ok, let's say you have a short cylinder (about a quarter inch tall and a three inch diameter) now take that cylinder and make one half of the circle hydrophilic and the other half hydrophobic (not the top one way and the bottom the other, I am talking about half the circle like how you would cut a pie), so one side attracts water while the other side repels it.
Shouldn't this cause the object to essentially surf the water without external force being applied? I know that there is an explanation as to why it won't move i just do not know what it is, and this scenario baffles me.
I'd imagine this would be an easy experiment to set up but I don't want to take the time right now to try and find an object that is hydrophilic and another that is hydrophobic in my kitchen cut them up and glue them together right now to test it.
thank you for your time.
Shouldn't this cause the object to essentially surf the water without external force being applied? I know that there is an explanation as to why it won't move i just do not know what it is, and this scenario baffles me.
I'd imagine this would be an easy experiment to set up but I don't want to take the time right now to try and find an object that is hydrophilic and another that is hydrophobic in my kitchen cut them up and glue them together right now to test it.
thank you for your time.