Re: Fish tank in orbit?

["D.V.N.Sarma" <narayana@HD1.VSNL.NET.IN>]

Will the air bubble be inside water or there will be a sphere of water
surrounded by air.

regards,

sarma.


> The tank itself is more interesting. If air space (or ullage)
> exists in the tank, and if the walls of the tank are wet by the
> water, then the system would be in its lowest free energy state
> with a minimum air-water interface area. In equilibrium the air
> would form a spherical bubble within the tank, geometry
> permitting. The fish, swimming frantically, should occasionally
> swim through the bubble, an interesting sight to contemplate, and
> one unlikely to be antidiscombobulating (or, simply, combobulating)?
>
> > ;-)  <-- (for Leigh)
>
> Thanks, John, for an excellent example of a gratuitous emoticon.
>
> Leigh