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MIT 8.01 Physics I Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999 15 Online
OpenStudy (anonymous):

what can be the shape of water in space most important thing is water cannot exist in space but my question is if it exist

OpenStudy (jamesj):

There's actually a very beautiful theorem from partially differential equations that explores the question of what happens to masses like a blob of water in space: they will shrink and the individual components will shrink into 'round points', meaning that their shape gets closer and closer to perfect spheres.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Water would be ice in space due to the absence of heat

OpenStudy (sriram):

but if there is a water bubble in space the outside pressure would be 0 Hence the molecule should expand, which would coz the water bubble to smaller ones & the process would keep reapeting doesn't this contradict James??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if a drop of water is considered to be in space,there is absence of pressure from outside so there is only internal pressure acting equally in 3 dimensions.when equal force acts from inside at 3 dimension the resulting shape is sphere.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

water on space will take spherical form .if u take in account the forces acting over the water on space. if the temp. will be over the frozen point.if no will take the shape of water crystal.

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