Behold a boat floating on sulphur hexaflouride:
Boat floating on air
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:August 4, 2010
- Post category:Science / Whimsy
- Post comments:1 Comment
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
I had seen the effect before in a lab where a big ultrasonic tank with an open top, filled with hot freon, was used to clean parts for high vacuum installations.
This application of sulphur hexafluoride I hadn't seen before: http://bit.ly/c7ItL8
In short: I'll have to get me some 😉