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On the Lighter Side => Science Experiments => Topic started by: thedoc on 20/03/2013 18:07:35

Title: Mysterious Movements - Surface Tension and a Ball - Kitchen Science
Post by: thedoc on 20/03/2013 18:07:35

Can you make a ball float in the centre of a glass?  It is harder than you would think.  A nice little experiment you can use to challenge your friends...

Read more about this kitchen science experiment. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/exp/mysterious-movements-surface-tension-and-a-ball/)

[chapter podcast=2549 track=10.04.11/Naked_Scientists_Show_10.04.11_6054.mp3](https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenakedscientists.com%2FHTML%2Ftypo3conf%2Fext%2Fnaksci_podcast%2Fgnome-settings-sound.gif&hash=f2b0d108dc173aeaa367f8db2e2171bd) Listen to the Experiment[/chapter] or [download as MP3] (http://nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/split_individual/10.04.11/Naked_Scientists_Show_10.04.11_6054.mp3)

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Post by: bean on 13/06/2010 14:33:53

weird

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Post by: jan on 22/09/2010 00:07:33

how does the phyisics work in the water near the edge for a smal floating particle?

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Post by: jan on 22/09/2010 00:13:50

the water near the surface is not floating downhill and neither would a floating particle, but i would like to see that in the working forces on the particle