Oil Monolayer Experiment
Discussions center on using various oils such as vegetable, olive, sunflower, or mineral oil for the classic physics demonstration where oil spreads into a single-molecule-thick film on water to measure molecular size. Debates include which oils work best, historical uses, rancidity concerns, and alternatives like animal fats.
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Wouldn't it work better with oil and also be easier?
Guess we'll have to use vegetable oil.
Perhaps "vegetable oil"?
because people have olive oil already...
You can use oil - that works too!
What kind of oil did they used to use?
Wonder if it'll degrade to something oil like? :)
>vegetable oilbut what if it's just regular sunflower oil or something of the sort?
Food. But yeah, the oil thing is enough.
Which is probably a better use of oil than burning it.