Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

At its most important, science often challenges logic. And the new discovery may be the most absurd of all: water breaks. A recent paper in Physical Review Letters, “Unexpected Fracture of Solids in Soft Liquids,” reports exactly that—when liquids are stretched with enough force, a supposedly liquid material breaks like a solid. Research suggests that … Read more

Liquids can fracture like solids under extreme stress: Scientists

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Drexel University researchers have found that water can break down like solids under certain conditions. In a discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of fluid mechanics, it now appears that viscous fluids can suddenly break when stretched with sufficient force. Unlike solids, which will stretch and eventually break, water has never been believed to have … Read more