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Mhorton91
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Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the pattern resulting from droplets of fluid onto a hard surface.
Set-up
In addition to being a full time student I also work full time in the fuel bay of a local trucking company terminal. Not the most glamorous job, but regardless. This question comes from as follows, one of our pumps leaks a steady stream of small drops. When the floor is dry, and I watch them, the main drop seems to bounce then break into smaller drops which scatter randomly across the floor. (I'm sure there is a scientific name for this, I just don't know it)
Question
Despite efforts to hold the nozzle exactly still, the smaller drops (after the main drop has "bounced") always appear to spread out randomly. Now, I know that in spite of my efforts to keep everything perfectly still, there are always many small changes to wind speed, temp, volume of initial drop etc... However, it made me curious, if you set up a similar "dropper" in a fully isolated vacuum, and dropped identical drops one after another, would the resultant smaller droplets land in exactly the same position each time?As I reread that, it doesn't sound like a very intelligent question to be asking, but my curiosity has become overwhelming; and I just have to ask.Thanks for any input!
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Set-up
In addition to being a full time student I also work full time in the fuel bay of a local trucking company terminal. Not the most glamorous job, but regardless. This question comes from as follows, one of our pumps leaks a steady stream of small drops. When the floor is dry, and I watch them, the main drop seems to bounce then break into smaller drops which scatter randomly across the floor. (I'm sure there is a scientific name for this, I just don't know it)
Question
Despite efforts to hold the nozzle exactly still, the smaller drops (after the main drop has "bounced") always appear to spread out randomly. Now, I know that in spite of my efforts to keep everything perfectly still, there are always many small changes to wind speed, temp, volume of initial drop etc... However, it made me curious, if you set up a similar "dropper" in a fully isolated vacuum, and dropped identical drops one after another, would the resultant smaller droplets land in exactly the same position each time?As I reread that, it doesn't sound like a very intelligent question to be asking, but my curiosity has become overwhelming; and I just have to ask.Thanks for any input!
Requ