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- From: melin@hlrz24.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de (Stephan Melin)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: The Bubbles
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.181911@hlrz24.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 16:19:11 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.105101.16100%clwu@Uz.nthu.edu.tw> <u894793.712465819@bruny> <Bs9Bts.263@news.larc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <Bs9Bts.263@news.larc.nasa.gov>, mark@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov (Mark Flanagan) writes:
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- |> Just another bubble question that has been annoying me for some time.......
- |> In carbonated beverages, the bubbles of CO2 rise from distinct points
- |> in the liquid, usually on the inside surface of the glass. Why? What is
- |> so special about the surface, and why specific points on the surface that
- |> yield a stream of bubbles?
- |>
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- Nucleation. Its the same reason why water in the gaseous phase forms
- little droplets (condensation) on surfaces.
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