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Pitch Drop Experiment
- hentrep 8y agoNeat 3 year time lapse video from the University of Queensland: https://youtu.be/BZvsrOciU_Q https://youtu.be/BZvsrOciU_Q And relevant Radiolab episode here: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/267176-never-quite-now https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/267176-never-quite-now
- amelius 8y agoReminds me of: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-fiction-glass-liquid/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-fiction-glas...
- lalalandland 8y agoNeeds Adobe Flash to watch live steam of the pitch drop. Nobody will probably watch it fall then. LOL http://www.thetenthwatch.com/ http://www.thetenthwatch.com/
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoThey'll eventually have to pump in inert (i.e. not oxygen) gas to keep the steel stand from rusting out if the experiment is ever going to run out of pitch.
- vinceguidry 8y agoWouldn't the oxygen eventually get "used up" in the iron reaction?
- d-sc 8y agoThere’s lots of oxygen in the atmosphere, typically the iron will be completely turned into rust before the oxygen runs out.
- black-tea 8y agoWhat are the "various" glitches that have prevented anyone seeing a drop fall?
- jonnydubowsky 8y agoSleep? Inadequate coverage of personnel who have choreographed their blinking? .
- jazoom 8y agoThe webcam wasn't working briefly when one of the drops fell. Before that one webcams didn't exist.
- RobLach 8y agoWhat’s the experiment though?
- realPubkey 8y agoWhat broken website. The subscribe overlay is not even closeable
- shermanyo 8y agoI used to have a math class in the building housing this, used to walk past it a few times a week :D