Upstream contamination in water pouring
Fluid Dynamics
2011-05-16 v1
Abstract
We report the observation of upstream transport of floating particles when clear water is poured on the surface of a flat water surface on which mate or chalk particles are sprinkled. As a result, particles originally located only at the surface of the lower container can contaminate the upper water source by "riding" on vorticial water currents. We speculate that Marangoni forces in combination with geometry-induced vortices may explain the observed phenomenon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1105.2585,
title = {Upstream contamination in water pouring},
author = {S. Bianchini and A. Lage-castellanos and E. Altshuler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2585},
year = {2011}
}
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2 pages, 3 fugures