Can you Guess What This Picture Is?

EatsRainbows · « **Reply #2880 on:** 27/04/2009 07:07:44 »

Quote from: JimBob on 27/04/2009 06:26:31

Nope,

The substrate is MADE from rocks.

So its silica? Is it like one of those dressings that doctors use to reduce scarring or some other thin stretchy material used in a labratory? Not sure what its called but i have something in mind

JimBob · « **Reply #2881 on:** 27/04/2009 18:07:37 »

I am sorry, Milly, but No. You are right about the silica but please be advised that silica is so common in the rocks of the earth that it acts in rocks and minerals as carbon does in organic materials.

RD · « **Reply #2882 on:** 27/04/2009 20:40:24 »

Quote from: sillymilly on 27/04/2009 07:07:44

So its silica? Is it like one of those dressings that doctors use to reduce scarring

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Silicone, particularly the gel form, is used in bandages and dressings …

Silicone is often mistakenly referred to as "silicon." Although silicones contain silicon atoms, they are not made up exclusively of silicon, and have completely different physical characteristics from elemental silicon.

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

JimBob · « **Reply #2883 on:** 27/04/2009 22:04:39 »

I am speaking of silica, not silicone.

RD · « **Reply #2884 on:** 27/04/2009 23:46:46 »

Glazed ceramic tiles ? (e.g. tiles in bathroom).

JimBob · « **Reply #2885 on:** 28/04/2009 00:23:04 »

noooooo, Mr. Bill (arcane reference)

EatsRainbows · « **Reply #2886 on:** 28/04/2009 04:47:44 »

thank you JB and RD, that was very educational [

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JimBob · « **Reply #2887 on:** 28/04/2009 04:52:14 »

So any ideres? (Texas accent)

Chemistry4me · « **Reply #2888 on:** 28/04/2009 06:45:01 »

Is it a commonly used thing?

Karen W. · « **Reply #2889 on:** 28/04/2009 09:41:59 »

Is it a reflection of light in a mirror looking out into the fog???

LeeE · « **Reply #2890 on:** 28/04/2009 14:19:51 »

It looks to me like the droplet (water?) is sitting upon another fluid because I think I can see a little distortion in the surface due to the weight of the droplet. Whatever the droplet is sitting on doesn't seem to be producing sharp reflections though, unlike those visible in the droplet itself. There also appears to be a layer of vapour laying on the surface (of the fluid?), which to me, indicates that it is either very hot or very cold.

If the surface is very hot then the vapour could be the steam produced by the droplet as it sits upon the hot surface, which could be something like molten glass.

The sharp reflections in the droplet seem to indicate quite a large open area, relative to the size of the droplet, around it.

JimBob · « **Reply #2891 on:** 28/04/2009 15:53:44 »

Lee, the first two sentences are very accurate. But it is sitting on a solid.

HINT - think "the Final Frontier"

JimBob · « **Reply #2892 on:** 28/04/2009 21:33:30 »

Quote from: Chemistry4me on 28/04/2009 06:45:01

Is it a commonly used thing?

Not to my knowledge

Karen, no

JimBob · « **Reply #2893 on:** 29/04/2009 01:29:01 »

HINT - think "the Final Frontier"

Chemistry4me · « **Reply #2894 on:** 29/04/2009 06:05:25 »

After hours (slight exaggeration) of searching and digging and excavations I've come up with an inspiration! [

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http://www.aerogel.com/features/morphology.html#aerogel

Beading of water on coupon

JimBob · « **Reply #2895 on:** 29/04/2009 11:03:21 »

Wow - I thught this would go on for days. RIGHT C4 you bombed it again!

RE: the Final Frontier - ref. to Startrek "Space, the final frontier," Areogels were used to capture space debris during the missions to colect space duast and to enteer the head of a comet.

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_Stefan_ · « **Reply #2896 on:** 29/04/2009 14:21:14 »

Guess!

JimBob · « **Reply #2897 on:** 29/04/2009 14:24:22 »

Is it a caterpillar that is a pseudomorph of a flower?

_Stefan_ · « **Reply #2898 on:** 29/04/2009 14:28:54 »

Um... your thinking on "caterpillar" is close in some way...

It is not a caterpillar.

It is a kind of flower mimic.

JimBob · « **Reply #2899 on:** 29/04/2009 14:31:58 »

predatory insect mimic