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Brage Eidsvik
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Will liquid metals create droplets when falling or will they create different shapes?
Simon Bridge said:They can form quite good spheres ... this is how lead shot used to be made.
hsdrop said:throw some would say that the balling effect in free fall or weightlessness is do to the gravitational pull of all the fluids particles on ever other particles in the fluid like the sun and the planets do but for smaller thing i think it the surface tension
They can have stronger surface tension than water, that pulls them into a sphere:Brage Eidsvik said:Will liquid metals create droplets when falling or will they create different shapes?
Free falling liquid metal refers to the motion of a liquid metal that is dropped or poured from a height, without any external forces acting on it other than gravity.
The main difference is that free falling liquid metal is in a state of free fall, meaning it is not in contact with any surfaces or containers that can affect its shape or behavior. Regular liquid metal is typically confined and subject to forces such as surface tension and container walls.
Free falling liquid metal exhibits unique properties due to its free fall state. It can form spherical droplets due to surface tension, and its behavior is affected by factors such as air resistance and the height from which it is falling.
Studying free falling liquid metal can provide insights into the behavior of liquid metals in microgravity environments, which can be useful in fields such as space exploration and materials science. It can also help in the development of new techniques for handling and shaping liquid metals.
In the laboratory, free falling liquid metal can be studied using high-speed cameras and other imaging techniques to capture its behavior. It can also be studied in simulated microgravity environments using drop towers or parabolic flights.