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Why Salt Clusters Form on Basement Walls

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Physics 5, 15 (2012) – Published February 3, 2012
Salt crystallizing on walls or old artifacts forms in discrete bunches, rather than coating the surface, because of an unexpected feedback effect, according to experiments and simulations.
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Desktop Continental Drift

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Phys. Rev. Focus 21, 20 (2008) – Published June 12, 2008
The rotational flow of fluid in a heated tank containing some heavy beads periodically reverses direction, mimicking some aspects of the motion of Earth’s continents over geologic time.