US EditionIce discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own
Virginia Tech researchers used a three-phase Leidenfrost effect to levitate ice discs on heated metal, requiring a temperature above 1,022°F for self-propulsion across surfaces.
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Inspired by Death Valley, researchers mimic a mystery of nature to make ice move on its own
In Associate Professor Jonathan Boreyko's Nature-Inspired Fluids and Interfaces Lab, Ph.D. student Jack Tapocik watched a disk-shaped chunk of ice resting on an engineered metal surface. As the ice melted, the water formed a puddle beneath.
Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own - WorldNL Magazine
VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley's mysterious "sailing stones" at Racetrack Playa. Graduate student Jack Tapocik sets up ice on an engineered surface in the VA Tech lab of Jonathan Boreyko. Credit: Alex Parrish/Virginia Tech Scientists have figured out how to make frozen discs of ice self-propel across a patterned metal surface, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. It's the latest…
An ice disc floods over a metal plate like a ghost's hand. The crazy physics behind it could even enable energy generation. The post Crazy physics behind the fastest ice cream in the world appeared first on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.
In Associate Professor Jonathan Boreyko, the interface laboratory inspired by Nature's nature, Ph.D. Student Jack Tapocik looked at a piece of disc-shaped ice resting on a metal engineering surface. As the ice melted, the water formed a puddle of water beneath it. Even after many seconds of melting, [...]
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