Comments on: Exploring Liquids: An Experiment http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/ Astronomy, Space and Science Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:10:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jimbo http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-14528 Jimbo Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:44:31 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-14528 This is cool. This is cool.

]]> By: Jefiner http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13719 Jefiner Mon, 11 May 2009 02:04:23 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13719 Awesome! Found this looking for pictures of liquids! I cna't wait to try it out on my class! :) Awesome! Found this looking for pictures of liquids! I cna’t wait to try it out on my class! :)

]]> By: kendra http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13352 kendra Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:37:30 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13352 were doing stuff about liquids sooo thats good for me too look at this page were doing stuff about liquids sooo thats good for me too look at this page

]]> By: squawky http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13285 squawky Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:50:58 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13285 Ooo! Very cool! Must find a way to work this into my astronomy class.. we don't do much hands on stuff with the gas giants (I'm a geologist, I prefer solid kinda-rocky things :) )... but it's a great way to illustrate planetary differentiation or rise of magma due to density differences. (bookmarking!) Ooo! Very cool! Must find a way to work this into my astronomy class.. we don’t do much hands on stuff with the gas giants (I’m a geologist, I prefer solid kinda-rocky things :) )… but it’s a great way to illustrate planetary differentiation or rise of magma due to density differences.
(bookmarking!)

]]> By: Mang http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13283 Mang Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:35:52 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13283 Fruit juices should work too. I had a quick look for specific gravities of drinks but couldn't find anything non-alcoholic. Fruit juices should work too. I had a quick look for specific gravities of drinks but couldn’t find anything non-alcoholic.

]]> By: Mang http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13282 Mang Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:29:04 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13282 @Rob The specific gravities in the alchol would be very close - it should be possible to do something like this with non-alcoholic beverages. Something that would be appropriate for say 8-15 year olds. - Maple syrup is really thick s.g. of 1.37). (Boy this better be a really tiny drink. I like maple syrup - but in a drink - it makes me shudder and want to slip into a sympatheic sugar coma. ) - There's always coloured water but I was hoping for something more creative - I've heard that diet coke floats on water. At the very least it should float on regular coke. For that matter there should be enough variety in various pops to get a similar effect. (Without resorting to the syrup). @Rob The specific gravities in the alchol would be very close – it should be possible to do something like this with non-alcoholic beverages. Something that would be appropriate for say 8-15 year olds.

- Maple syrup is really thick s.g. of 1.37). (Boy this better be a really tiny drink. I like maple syrup – but in a drink – it makes me shudder and want to slip into a sympatheic sugar coma. )
- There’s always coloured water but I was hoping for something more creative
- I’ve heard that diet coke floats on water. At the very least it should float on regular coke.

For that matter there should be enough variety in various pops to get a similar effect. (Without resorting to the syrup).

]]> By: ttfnRob http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13281 ttfnRob Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:46:48 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13281 @Mang Yes, the rings are quite funny! I hadn't noticed that. @Mang Yes, the rings are quite funny! I hadn’t noticed that.

]]> By: ttfnRob http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13280 ttfnRob Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:45:19 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13280 I used to work in a bar where we occasionally had to serve a cocktail called a Key West Cooler which was layered green, yellow and red. It didn't come up often but once in a while the bar would host a traffic light party (is this an international concept?) and so we would all have to make hundreds of these things all night. I explained how it worked to some drunk people once and they tipped me £10! It was that bartending experience and a similar experiment I did in school once that led me to think of this one above. So much physics in pubs... I used to work in a bar where we occasionally had to serve a cocktail called a Key West Cooler which was layered green, yellow and red. It didn’t come up often but once in a while the bar would host a traffic light party (is this an international concept?) and so we would all have to make hundreds of these things all night. I explained how it worked to some drunk people once and they tipped me £10!

It was that bartending experience and a similar experiment I did in school once that led me to think of this one above.

So much physics in pubs…

]]> By: Mang http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13273 Mang Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:13:18 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13273 nuts ... perfect even nuts … perfect even

]]> By: Mang http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13272 Mang Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:12:52 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13272 Nice to see another kicthen experiment. Pitty it's inedible. Now there is a multi-layered liquor that can be made ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pousse-caf%C3%A9 but it's not exactly kid friendly. I wonder if a kid friendly version exists. It doesn't need to be particularly tasty, just not vile. About that artists rendering. I had to laugh at the perfet rings in the debris disk. Nice to see another kicthen experiment. Pitty it’s inedible.

Now there is a multi-layered liquor that can be made … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pousse-caf%C3%A9 but it’s not exactly kid friendly.

I wonder if a kid friendly version exists. It doesn’t need to be particularly tasty, just not vile.

About that artists rendering. I had to laugh at the perfet rings in the debris disk.

]]> By: Dave Mosher http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13271 Dave Mosher Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:26:24 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13271 Very cool, simple demonstration Rob -- especially like the tie-in to explaining Jupiter, of course :) Very cool, simple demonstration Rob — especially like the tie-in to explaining Jupiter, of course :)

]]> By: ttfnRob http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13270 ttfnRob Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:04:05 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13270 I guess that would be a version without the Tequila, right? To be fair the washing up liquid, the coloured water and the oil would demonstrate it well enough and could more easily be made to look a bit like Jupiter. You may do with it as you please. I'd be interested to see the results :) I guess that would be a version without the Tequila, right? To be fair the washing up liquid, the coloured water and the oil would demonstrate it well enough and could more easily be made to look a bit like Jupiter. You may do with it as you please. I’d be interested to see the results :)

]]> By: Carolina http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2008/10/16/exploring-liquids-an-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-13269 Carolina Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:00:54 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-13269 Great work! Can we make a small kids' version of it? :) Great work! Can we make a small kids’ version of it? :)

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