Creating Cells with Household Materials: Ideas?

[jldibble]

I'm hoping to make (or model) these little cells on my own, but I'm not entirely sure how it can be done with household materials.

I've seen a few videos of it being done but there's not much on how to create them.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[jedishrfu]

Here's an article on Benard Cell convection that may give you some ideas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benard_cells

When you say model them, are you thinking of a computer modeling exercise or a physical recreation of the convection ala lab experiment?

http://www.eoht.info/page/Bénard+cells

and a simulation of the convection:

http://energy.concord.org/energy2d/bernard-cells.html

http://146.230.128.54/undphil/collier/papers/BC-ECHOIV.pdf

 

[jldibble]

I'm attempting a physical recreation as a lab experiment.

 

[boneh3ad]

You can see them just by boiling water on your stove with a number of additives. The one I always hear about is the old-fashioned hot chocolate that you make on the stove. As it boils you can see the Rayleigh-Bénard cells.