• Question: what would you say is the perfect water droplet?

    Asked by jimbobjones to Daniel, Derek, Ian, Phil, Upul on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Derek Mann

      Derek Mann answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Interesting question but probably best answered by a physics professor rather than a liver professor. But my personal perfect water droplets are the ones in the hot tub at my local gym/spa!

    • Photo: Upul Wijayantha

      Upul Wijayantha answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I’m unsure what the perfect water droplet would be but droplets and bubbles are very interesting. Did you know you can also get water droplets in more than just air. You can also get them in oils or other liquids that do not mix.

    • Photo: Ian Sillett

      Ian Sillett answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I don’t really understand the question I’m afraid. But I do like really fat rain, especially when I’m in a tent, listening to the patter on the canvas, so maybe that?

      If you try and rephrase the question I’ll do my best to answer it.

    • Photo: Daniel Mietchen

      Daniel Mietchen answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Depends on the purpose – for me, it would probably be one that is produced by a mechanism that allows thousands of other water droplets to be produced that are identical down to the level of water flow within them. Scientists have actually done that, in order to obtain images of the water flow within falling water droplets. There is a related variant for frozen droplets.

      Water droplets play a role in many processes – from sweating to cloud formation. And some bacteria that travel within water droplets in the atmosphere prefer to have them frozen, so they initiate ice formation.

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