Alka-Seltzer tablet and microgravity water

[dragon]

So what happens when you stick a Alka-Seltzer tablet into a drop of water floating in micro gravity. Think about it before you watch the video.

cool

[Molyneux]

That is pretty darn cool. Any idea why they would perform that experiment, though? Testing the nature of that kind of chemical reaction in micrograv, maybe?

[dragon]

That is pretty darn cool. Any idea why they would perform that experiment, though? Testing the nature of that kind of chemical reaction in micrograv, maybe?

Alot of the experiments they do they just do to see what would happen. And alot of times the experiments have unexpected results which gives some interesting insights.

[Spin Echo]

That is pretty darn cool. Any idea why they would perform that experiment, though?

Unlike what they teach you in school about the scientific method, a lot of research is along the lines of "I wonder what happens when I poke that with this stick"

[Molyneux]

That is pretty darn cool. Any idea why they would perform that experiment, though?

Unlike what they teach you in school about the scientific method, a lot of research is along the lines of "I wonder what happens when I poke that with this stick"

Heh...my favorite kind of research, that.

[His Divine Shadow]

So what happens when you stick a Alka-Seltzer tablet into a drop of water floating in micro gravity. Think about it before you watch the video.

cool

Not seen it yet but I am thinking, rocket?

[wjs7744]

I have to say, I greatly underestimated the strength of the surface tension, I figured it would be much more violent.

[Ford Prefect]

I have to say, I greatly underestimated the strength of the surface tension, I figured it would be much more violent.

I have to admit the same; I was expecting it to come apart at some point, but that bubble wasn't interested in coming apart. Crazy stuff, but very cool.

[Marko Dash]

thats pretty cool, but i like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAmEEA ... re=related

[Academia Nut]

Actually, almost all physics when you think about it involves some variation of "What happens when we smash this thing into that thing?"

Think about it, all the most advanced physics in the world involve supercolliders and knocking particles around at mind boggling energies. When you really get down to it, physicists are just little boys who have grown up and become really good at math, to the point where they can justify blowing things up for fun.

[dragon]

Actually, almost all physics when you think about it involves some variation of "What happens when we smash this thing into that thing?"

Think about it, all the most advanced physics in the world involve supercolliders and knocking particles around at mind boggling energies. When you really get down to it, physicists are just little boys who have grown up and become really good at math, to the point where they can justify blowing things up for fun.

Yeah thats why I started doing physics then realized I suck at math despite having a math degree, go figure.