Sunday, December 18, 2011

Dropping a Cannonball into a Tub Full of Mercury

Dropping a Cannonball into a Tub Full of Mercury
Glad we don't have to try and swim the AUV through an ocean of mercury!

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December 15, 2011 9:00 AM
by Sean Michael Ragan

Dropping a Cannonball into a Tub Full of Mercury

Continuing our "what happens when you drop stuff into stuff?" series is this short video segment from the BBC.  As with dropping a magnet through a copper pipe, many of you probably know what to expect, here. But it's nonetheless cool to see.  Mercury is so beautiful; such a shame it's also so toxic.

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Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
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Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
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"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

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