http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/01/ship-floating-on-hexafluoride-gas/ life is a series of tubes Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/01/ship-floating-on-hexafluoride-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-4296 Science Projects: Floating on Hexafluoride - Unsought Input Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:27:10 +0000 http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/01/12/ship-floating-on-hexafluoride-gas/#comment-4296 [...] This cool science demonstration shows a light “boat” floating on a sea of sulfur hexafluoride gas.  The gas is significantly denser than the surrounding air, but still transparent, so it looks like a magic trick. This experiment might not be as easy to do as our last article about non-newtonian fluids, although you can apparently get sulfur hexafluoride for as little as $10 a pound.  If you do get your hands on some, the floating on thin air tick is just one fun thing to do with it. [...] [...] This cool science demonstration shows a light “boat” floating on a sea of sulfur hexafluoride gas.  The gas is significantly denser than the surrounding air, but still transparent, so it looks like a magic trick. This experiment might not be as easy to do as our last article about non-newtonian fluids, although you can apparently get sulfur hexafluoride for as little as $10 a pound.  If you do get your hands on some, the floating on thin air tick is just one fun thing to do with it. [...]

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