Saturn's main moon, Titan, has a «magic island» that might be made of streams
of nitrogen bubbles, scientists report April 18 in Nature Astronomy.
Not exact matches
During the brewing process millions
of smooth,
nitrogen bubbles are infused into the brew.
The surge pour provides a cascading «waterfall» effect — the dark beer temporarily whitens as the
nitrogen bubbles rise to the top
of the glass.
If a diver ascends too rapidly, the
nitrogen can
bubble out
of solution, causing a painful and potentially fatal condition called «the bends.»
He leads me to a cramped lab where a
bubbling tank
of liquid
nitrogen spews a cold fog across the floor.
Matula says this sudden illumination happens because during the first bout
of sonoluminescence, temperatures in the
bubble, which can be as high as several hundred thousand degrees — hotter than the sun's surface — do something to
nitrogen and oxygen to make them form compounds such as nitrous oxide that dissolve in the surrounding water.
He led me to a cramped lab where a
bubbling tank
of liquid
nitrogen spewed a cold fog across the floor.
Simulations suggest that
bubbling nitrogen may be the source
of a blinking bright spot, or «magic island,» that Cassini spotted in the hydrocarbon sea Ligeia Mare on the moon Titan (SN: 5/13/17, p. 17).
Bright «magic islands», which appear briefly in the dark lakes before disappearing, are thought to be
nitrogen bubbling out
of solution.
Flying after diving increases the risk
of decompression sickness: because
of the high concentration
of nitrogen in your blood, gas
bubbles can form within your body and generate health issues.
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Spilling churns air into the water and increases the concentration
of dissolved
nitrogen, which can give fish gas
bubble disease (like the bends).
The paper, «Reconstruction
of past atmospheric CO2 concentrations by ice core analysis», acknowledges that, due to impurities, liquid water can exist as low as -50 deg C. Diffusion
of CO2 into this water, due to its far higher solubility than
nitrogen and oxygen, will partially deplete the CO2 from trapped air
bubbles.