Kaye effect

Kaye effect

The Kaye Effect is a property of complex liquids which was first described by the British engineer Alan Kaye in 1963.

While pouring one viscous mixture of an organic liquid onto a surface, the surface suddenly spouted an upcoming jet of liquid which merged with the downgoing one.

This phenomenon has since been discovered to be common in all shear-thinning liquids (liquids which thin under shear stress). Common household liquids with this property are liquid hand soaps, shampoos and non-drip paint. The effect usually goes unnoticed, however, because it seldom lasts more than about 300 milliseconds.

External links

* [http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060403/multimedia/060403-10-m1.html Video for the above] .
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4_3cV_3Mw Another video for the above]
* [http://www.maniacworld.com/The-Kaye-Effect.html The Kaye effect shot through a high speed camera.]
* [http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603183 Leaping shampoo and the stable Kaye effect] , M. Versluis, C. Blom, D. van der Meer, K. van der Weele and D. Lohse, University of Twente, The Netherlands.


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