Look how easy it is to "calm the waters" ... Amazing!

by Shirley Marie Bradby

January 05, 2017

Look how easy it is to "calm the waters" ... Amazing!
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In this great age of information that is available to everyone, even finding out how the world works from the point of view of physics is easier than in the past.

In this case, the experiment is to explain the interaction between oil and water and to do this, Greg Kestin, a physics expert, decides to pour a tablespoon of olive oil into a lake.

What happens? Within minutes the molecules of the oily substance spread and cover a huge surface of the lake, while simultaneously ... calming the rippling water!

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