Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th...
by nobrains on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @08:05AM
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Pragmatic or luck? Hear me out...
Why assume "that the oil formed a single layer of molecules — a monolayer" ?
That is a very fundamental assumption, and could have been wrong as well (we know it is right, because the values match with more accurate recordings, but still...)
Why assume "that the oil formed a single layer of molecules — a monolayer" ?
That is a very fundamental assumption, and could have been wrong as well (we know it is right, because the values match with more accurate recordings, but still...)