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Eggs in Milk

A hard-boiled egg spinning on a countertop and passing through a puddle of milk draws milk up the side of the egg and then ejects it at the maximum radius.  This same phenomenon occurs for any partially submerged spinning object whose radius increases upward from the fluid surface (e.g., spheres, inverted cones, rings, etc.).  In particular, spheres are used to investigate the behavior of this phenomenon and its sensitivity to experimental parameters.  Three modes of ejection —  jets, sheets, and sheet break-up — are identified, which are highly dependent on several parameters: viscosity, angular velocity, immersion depth of sphere, and sphere diameter.  This phenomenon is being studied experimentally and analytically.

Egg spinning in milk

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