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- From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
- Subject: Re: bubble in container
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.165004.23310@novell.com>
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- References: <1992Dec28.165049.4878@novell.com> <1992Dec29.002632.22407@sfu.ca> <1992Dec29.011215.11278@novell.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:50:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.011215.11278@novell.com> dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.002632.22407@sfu.ca> Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca> writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec28.214917.27561@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> Vaughan R.
- >>Pratt, pratt@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU asks several questions about this
- >>fascinating problem, for which I thank him:
- >>
- >
- >Hi,
- >
- >Let us (for fun of course) add on this extra twist. Make a glass bubble whose
- >inner cavity is filled with air (at say 1 atm). Then, drop that "bubble" in a
- >container of liquid (water would be fine) and close the top. Assume there is an
- >air gap at the top of the container that separates the water surface from the
- >top lid of the container. Now, increase the pressure in the container until the
- >"bubble" sinks. As soon as the "bubble" hits the bottom, it breaks (as-
- >sume there are a bunch of VERY SHARP pins on the bottom and they rupture the
- >"bubble" on contact). What then happens to the air that was originally contain-
- >ed in the glass "bubble?" What happens to the overall pressure in the container?
- >
- >Just thought I would add a bit to the puzzle...
- >
- As I left yesterday evening I realized this is problem description is not very
- clear. And I got some mail saying that too, so let me try to clear it up...
-
- The container is very shallow, so that when the top of the bubble is pushed to
- surface level, the bottom of the bubble is hitting the nails and will burst.
- Also, the enclosed gas must be compressible.
-
- But the sinking part is really not central to the problem. One could just
- anchor the bubble to the bottom of the container, fill the container with water,
- and close it. With the help of a friendly gremlin (that lives inside the con-
- tainer, of course ;-) the bubble would get bursted. After the system returns
- to equilibrium, what are the differences between the initial and final pressures
- in the container?
-
- dks.
-
- ps. Sorry for the poor description. My amature status has a way of showing up
- (like a glowing beacon in the dark)!
- >dks.
-
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