Post by silverdragon on Aug 23, 2016 4:44:32 GMT
Champaign in space, or indeed any fizzy liquid designed for drinking.
Lets presume INSIDE the ISS, at 1 atm, maybe even inside a plastic bag or box just to keep things from splashing about....
Remove the cork and let it flow.
What happens to the bubbles?.
On earth, bubbles form inside the fizzy liquid, and float upwards, because of gravity keeping the liquid down inside the container.
No Gravity, whats to stop the liquid following the bubbles, or indeed the bubbles going downwards, sideways, or not in fact moving at all, but pushing the liquid out.
Therefore, would you get a "slow motion" explosion of a larger quantity of liquid with gas bubbles inside it?..
So lets take it "Outside".
In zero atm, I am expecting a rather energetic explosion of liquid..... which may even instantly freeze over?...
But what happens first, the explosion or the freezing?.
Lets presume INSIDE the ISS, at 1 atm, maybe even inside a plastic bag or box just to keep things from splashing about....
Remove the cork and let it flow.
What happens to the bubbles?.
On earth, bubbles form inside the fizzy liquid, and float upwards, because of gravity keeping the liquid down inside the container.
No Gravity, whats to stop the liquid following the bubbles, or indeed the bubbles going downwards, sideways, or not in fact moving at all, but pushing the liquid out.
Therefore, would you get a "slow motion" explosion of a larger quantity of liquid with gas bubbles inside it?..
So lets take it "Outside".
In zero atm, I am expecting a rather energetic explosion of liquid..... which may even instantly freeze over?...
But what happens first, the explosion or the freezing?.
