Fluid Statics and Capillarity

Large, curved and quiescent fluid interfaces can only be realized under microgravity conditions. This enables one to investigate macroscopic, partly contained fluids having high sensitivity to weak forces. Capillary equilibrium and stability, wetting, convection driven by interfacial tension gradients, the influence of centrifugal, electric and magnetic forces normally overruled by gravity can be studied in detail.

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