At 8:16 PM -0500 10/1/00, cliff parker, you wrote about Lycopodium Powder:
but why should very small particles cause this strange phenomenon?
The word 'hydrophobic' comes to mind.
Does adding a bit of detergent to break the surface tension change things?
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