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How do whirlpools form? experiments

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Any time water flows through a nar-
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row path, it forms at least a partial
whirlpool. As the water passes

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through the narrower opening, it ac-
celerates and forms a more powerful
force. If the downstream area then

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enlarges, it can mature into a com-
plete whirlpool.

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As water is pulled into an opening by
gravity, it begins to spin. Once this
begins, it intensifies and forms a cav-
ity in the center of the drain. The
cavity creates a vacuum into which
objects such as bubbles, water mole-
cules, and other floating objects are
pulled. As these objects are “sucked”
into the vortex, the centrifugal
(outward) force maintains the hole in
the middle through which air passes.

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 How to make this experiment : an eddy in a bottle
In order to make our
When placing the bottle in the
experiment we needed two
superior part, water does not fall by the
plastic bottles of 1´5 liters.
little compressibility of the air locked up in
the inferior bottle that does not leave
In the first place, we space to the water that falls. When the
perforated a hole of 1 cm in the eddy is generated when moving the supe-
corks of the two bottles .Soon rior bottle, it is put in communication the
we filled one of the bottles with air that is in both bottles and the water of
water until approximately three the superior bottle falls easily in to the
fourth parts and if united the inferior bottle.
When the bottle with water is on
two bottles by the corks. In or-
the empty bottle it is observed that the
der to unite the two bottles in-
water does not fall easily to the inferior
sulating tape can be used. Is
bottle, but if we give a circular movement
very impor-
to the superior bottle is generated an
tant a good
eddy and the water falls easily.
union be-
tween the
bottle.

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