Tears of Wine

Marcos Gugliotti
Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Todd Silverstein
Department of Chemistry, Willamette University, Salem, OR 97301
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (1), p 67
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p67
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2004

Abstract

The motion of wine drops observed on the internal walls of a glass, usually called "tears of wine", is perhaps the oldest known example of surface tension driven flows.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations

Keywords (Subject):

Aqueous Solution Chemistry

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