Why Does Water Soak Through Mugs?

[sophiecentaur]

What an excellent piece of experimental work. Well done. Now you must send the documentation to Physics Review and get them to publish. You are clearly on your way to academic stardom. And it's not even near the beginning of April yet.

 

[Phrak]

THIRD experiment
-I first wiped all exterior surfaces of the cup with paper towel and then I carefully placed a single drip of water on the rim of the cup (not the base, but the bit where you would drink from at the top) and then placed the cup on a table
-a liquid ring has appeared

Clever. I wouldn't have considered that experiment. Yet it still leaves me wondering how much water the porcelain can evolve in extreme use. Do you have a pressure cooker?

And why aren't there any kitchen gadgets like autoclaves, centrifuges, or bell jar? There could be opportunity in providing these useful food preparation devices.

 

[Molydood]

Great idea; the centrifuge could be used for making mashed potato or tomato puree.
Bell jar could be useful for storing open bottles of wine to prevent oxidation
and who needs a dishwasher when they have an autoclave?