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written by G. Eric Matthews, Professor
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This video demonstrates that a ping pong ball can "float" on a stream of air. The air rushing around the ball creates a pressure low enough to lift and support the ball, even when the ball is not directly over the air source.  As long as the low pressure spot is under the center of mass of the ball, it will stay "afloat".



This is part of a collection of typical lecture demonstration videos put together by the physics department at Wake Forest University.
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bernoulli force, fluid dynamics, lecture-demonstration
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R. Matthews, (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, 1997), WWW Document, (http://physics.wfu.edu/demolabs/demos/2/2c/2C2030.html).
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R. Matthews, WFU Physics Demo Video: Floating Ping Pong Ball (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, 1997), <http://physics.wfu.edu/demolabs/demos/2/2c/2C2030.html>.
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Matthews, R. (2007, October 19). WFU Physics Demo Video: Floating Ping Pong Ball. Retrieved December 10, 2024, from Wake Forest University: http://physics.wfu.edu/demolabs/demos/2/2c/2C2030.html
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Matthews, Rick. WFU Physics Demo Video: Floating Ping Pong Ball. Winston-Salem: Wake Forest University, October 19, 2007. http://physics.wfu.edu/demolabs/demos/2/2c/2C2030.html (accessed 10 December 2024).
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Matthews, Rick. WFU Physics Demo Video: Floating Ping Pong Ball. Winston-Salem: Wake Forest University, 1997. 19 Oct. 2007. 10 Dec. 2024 <http://physics.wfu.edu/demolabs/demos/2/2c/2C2030.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Rick Matthews", Title = {WFU Physics Demo Video: Floating Ping Pong Ball}, Publisher = {Wake Forest University}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {10 December 2024}, Month = {October 19, 2007}, Year = {1997} }
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