Three Possible Fates for Water Droplets Hitting a Copper Wire (VIDEO)

American Institute of Physics

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These three videos show three possible fates for water droplets hitting a copper wire. At low speed, the droplet sticks to the wire (video 1), while at intermediate speeds the droplets continues falling mostly intact (video 2), and at high speeds the droplet is split (video 3).

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Wonjung Kim/Sogang University

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