Am 03.12.2011 23:00, schrieb Horace Heffner:
Say, Bill Beaty's experiments made it as a reference on wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_thread_experiment
Yes, this experiment was made by others too and published in science
journals.
It must be seen that a strong current flows through the water thread.
This means there is a voltage gradient in the water thread. If the threa
becomes thinner, the resistance will increase and at this position the
voltage will increase and electrostatic forces pull the thread together.
So the thread is in an dynamic equilibrium of electrostatic forces and
pinching.
In some videos it can be seen that the thread becomes boiling hot.
Ethanol does also conduct some electricity, also glycol and glycerine.
The resistance is some megohm between to wires in the fluid.
I believe, the effect is not specific to water and could be done with
these fluids also.
I tried it, but my HV source did not deliver enough power.
This experiment consumes some ten to hundred Watts.
Peter
