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Research draft

drop

vr.tr.drop · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain liquid drops and their physics of formation and shape, describe their roles in weather, sprays, printing and medicine, support measurement and estimation questions, and separate the physical drop from drop-shaped objects and other senses.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain liquid drops and their physics of formation and shape, describe their roles in weather, sprays, printing and medicine, support measurement and estimation questions, and separate the physical drop from drop-shaped objects and other senses.

A small column or parcel of liquid bounded by free surfaces, held together by surface tension, such as raindrops, dewdrops, drops from a dripping tap or dispensed by a pipette, and droplets in sprays, clouds and emulsions, with shapes set by surface tension, gravity and motion; drops are studied in fluid mechanics and meteorology, used as approximate units in medicine and cooking, and the term also names objects shaped like drops such as glass teardrops.

What it is for: Small parcels of liquid bounded by surface tension.

It can be explain formation and shape; describe roles; support measurement questions; separate other senses.

Distinguishing features

Surface tension

Characteristic size

Dynamic shapes

Unit of dispensing

What it looks like

Small rounded volumes of liquid.

How it is recognised

Liquid parcel held by surface tension

Raindrops, droplets, dispensed drops

A bubble is gas in liquid; a drop-shaped glass object is solid

Related models

is a kind of - category

fluid parcel

is related to - the science of drops

fluid mechanics

is related to - condensation forming drops

sweat

is related to - drops absorbed by surfaces

absorption

In practice

Families and kinds

raindrops and dewdrops

droplets in sprays and aerosols

dispensed drops from pipettes and droppers

droplets in emulsions and clouds

drop-shaped objects named by analogy

Standards and regulation

Pharmacopoeia definitions of the drop as a dose unit

Spray and nozzle standards

No regulation of the phenomenon

Failure modes and hazards

Treating the drop as a precise unit

Confusing senses of drop

Aerosol droplet transmission of disease

Also called

Prince Rupert's Drop

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.drop-location

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a drop is.

Physics.

Physics

Formation and shape.

Physics

Physics.

  1. How do surface tension, gravity and motion form drops and set their shape and size? definition
  2. Is the liquid drop or another sense meant? boundary

Dynamics

Dynamics.

Dynamics

Dynamics.

  1. How do drops fall, splash, coalesce and break up? provenance
  2. Which entry fits fluid dynamics? action
Measure Measurement and dosing.

Practice.

Size

Size and volume.

Size

Size.

  1. How large is a typical drop, and how is drop size measured or estimated? measurement
  2. Which units apply? measurement

Dosing

Drops as units.

Dosing

Dosing.

  1. How are drops used as approximate units in medicine and cooking, and why is precision limited? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own medication dosing, which needs a pharmacist? boundary
Apply Drops in nature and technology.

Applications.

Weather

Rain and clouds.

Weather

Weather.

  1. How do cloud droplets and raindrops form and grow? provenance
  2. Which entry fits precipitation? action

Technology

Sprays and printing.

Technology

Technology.

  1. How are droplets used in sprays, inkjet printing, fuel injection and microfluidics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific technology? action
Learn Language and teaching.

Education.

Language

Senses and named objects.

Language

Language.

  1. How does the physical drop relate to drop-shaped objects such as glass teardrops and to other senses of the word? definition
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can drop physics be taught with simple experiments? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should droplets in aerosols be a separate entry?
  • How should fluid mechanics resources be linked?
  • How should dosing conventions be linked?