Anna Lynton
Diffusion of skittle colors
Professor Hertzberg’s note: Although there is little information reliably published on this common ‘science experiment’, this phenomenon is likely due to Marangoni (surface tension driven) flow. Food dye is a surfactant, which reduces surface tension, as does sugar from the dissolving candy coating. The circle geometry will reduce surface tension around the inner ring of Skittles more than around the outside. Higher surface tension in the undyed center draws the dyed fluid in, maintaining radial symmetry. (Jan 21, 2019)
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
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- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
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