Questions tagged [adhesion]
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Velocity Needed For Water To Overcome Adhesion Force To A Rounded Steel Inclined Plane
Context: I work at a fast food restaurant with a 3-module sink. The sides are slightly angled down to allow the water to trickle down into the compartments. I found that water clings to the side of ...
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What happens when we apply the exact same pulling force as bonding force of glue? [closed]
Suppose we have two things stuck together with a glue which takes anything above $50 \,\text{N}$ of force to get it to get rid of the sticking force and anything below $50 \,\text{N}$ making no impact ...
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What exactly are cohesive and adhesive forces?
Are cohesive and adhesive forces defined only when at least one of the interacting materials is a fluid?
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How does a snake climb the wall?
Consider a snake climbing up the wall or ant climbing up the wall, which force is responsible for it?
An obvious answer is frictional force but my question is that if there is a normal reaction ...
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Spoon with Marmalade in Space [closed]
I sit in a space shuttle in zero gravity condition.
I have a spoon in one hand and the jar of marmalade in the other.
I take marmalade with spoon.
If I shake it very hard, will the marmalade detach ...
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How to implement Macro-scale dyanmics simulation with adhesive and cohesive failure?
It's my first question here about physics.
I would like to ask about the macro-scale physics (the governing equation) needed to implement a dynamics simulator with adhesion and cohesion. Consider the ...
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What is the result of this Newton's cradle experiment where the initial ball doesn't bounce (exactly as in the regular case) but it has glue on it?
I have a question about a Newton's cradle type collision, but it has a twist to it. First, I will describe two well-known results, and then I'll add my twist.
First, consider a cradle with five balls (...
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Gravity vs adhesion of a water droplet
How much volume can a water droplet that is attached to a vertical glass surface have before it begins to roll downwards?
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Would an adhesive surface have more air resistance?
Imagine spreading double-sticky tape all over the surface of a car or a plane. Would there more significantly more aerodynamic drag as a result of the adhesive 'sticking' to air molecules and slowing ...
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What is the minimum vertical length of contact with the wall needed for an object to stay attached to a wall with an electrostatic force?
Say there's an object, a rectangular prism, that becomes electrically charged and then stuck on a wall using the electrostatic attraction between the object and the wall. The object and wall are ...
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Water traveling on a letter in a water feature
Difficult for me to ask as I'm not a physicist.
Assume you have a water feature in the form of a waterfall where the water runs down a wall. On this wall, there are letters attached by a raised ...
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Strange occurrence of glue drying
What happened here? I by accident spilled super glue and formed these amazing ridge patterns. Any ideas what caused this to happen?
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Why do wet napkins stick to mirrors or glass?
Take a dry piece of napkin & put it against a mirror ==> it falls down.
Dab it in water, oil, or alcohol ==> it now sticks / adheres to the mirror.
How can we explain this in physics terms? ...
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If friction and normal force are both the components of contact force, shouldn't the friction be repulsive?
Is friction due to intermolecular attractive forces or repulsive ones.
Since both friction and normal force are the components of contact forces, shouldn't friction be repulsive.
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How does a plate stick to a tablemat?
So at my dinner table, I witness this weird phenomenon almost everday.
A wet plate if placed on the table mat sticks to it(works better if the plate is made up of steel).
I account surface tension and ...
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