The Physics Of A Lava Lamp




WFIU-FM: A Moment of Science: Audio Podcast show

Summary: There are two ingredients inside a lava lamp: a watery liquid, and a waxy compound that collects at the bottom when the lamp is turned off.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?i=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?i=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?i=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=ejSmmawzlVk:fz6XPJiRh04:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast/~4/ejSmmawzlVk" height="1" width="1">