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Title: WFU Physics Demo Video: Floating Ping Pong Ball
Url: https://old.physics.wfu.edu/demolabs/demos/2/2c/2C2030.html
Creator: Matthews, G. Eric
Publisher: Wake Forest University
Description: This video demonstrates that a ping pong ball can "float" on a stream of air. The air rushing around the ball creates a pressure low enough to lift and support the ball, even when the ball is not directly over the air source. As long as the low pressure spot is under the center of mass of the ball, it will stay "afloat". This is part of a collection of demonstration videos put together by the physics department at Wake Forest University.
LC Classification: Science -- Physics -- Descriptive and experimental mechanics -- Fluids. Fluid mechanics -- Fluid dynamics. Hydrodynamics
Science -- Physics -- Weights and measures -- Measurement of special quantities -- Mass and weight -- Density and specific gravity -- General works
GEM Subject: Science -- Technology
Science -- Physics
Science -- Instructional issues
Key Concept: Physics -- Force
Physics -- Gravity and gravitation
Mechanical engineering -- Fluid dynamics
Resource Type: Instructional Material
Audio/Visual -- Movie/Animation
Instructional Material -- Experiment/Lab Activity
Format: Image -- JPEG
Video -- MPEG
Document -- HTML
Audio -- Real media
Audience: Educator
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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