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  2. Drop (liquid) - Wikipedia

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    A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces. A drop may form when liquid accumulates at the end of a tube or other surface boundary, producing a hanging drop called a pendant drop. Drops may also be formed by the condensation of a vapor or by atomization of a larger mass of solid ...

  3. Water droplet erosion - Wikipedia

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    Water droplet erosion damage in wind turbines caused by rain. For an extended period of time, many industries have encountered the problem of erosion due to water droplet impact, and it continues to reappear wherever rotation or movement of a component at high speed in a hydrometer environment is employed.

  4. Why do so many L.A. apartments come without fridges? Inside ...

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    Maloney, the apartment hunter in Highland Park, was able to find almost all that he wanted in a one-bedroom on the second floor of a two-story courtyard complex with covered parking for $1,700 a ...

  5. Leidenfrost effect - Wikipedia

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    Leidenfrost droplet Demonstration of the Leidenfrost effect Leidenfrost effect of a single drop of water. The Leidenfrost effect is a physical phenomenon in which a liquid, close to a solid surface of another body that is significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer that keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.

  6. Secondhand Smoke in Apartment Buildings: Can You Make Your ...

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    Make Your Apartment Airtight Try to pinpoint the sources of where the smoke is coming from. Often, these will be small gaps around electrical outlets, under doors, light fixtures, pipes, etc.

  7. Surface tension - Wikipedia

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    The animation (below) shows water adhering to the faucet gaining mass until it is stretched to a point where the surface tension can no longer keep the drop linked to the faucet. It then separates and surface tension forms the drop into a sphere. If a stream of water were running from the faucet, the stream would break up into drops during its ...

  8. Human Remains Found Inside Freezer of Michigan Home ... - AOL

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    The unidentified remains of two people were found by authorities in a freezer at a residence in the 1500 block of Wintercrest Street in East Lansing, Mich., at around 12:08 p.m. on Nov. 7, the ...

  9. Electromagnetic absorption by water - Wikipedia

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    Water vapor concentration for this gas mixture is 0.4%. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere, responsible for 70% of the known absorption of incoming sunlight, particularly in the infrared region, and about 60% of the atmospheric absorption of thermal radiation by the Earth known as the greenhouse effect. [25]