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Re:Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds by falcolas on Thursday October 24, 2013 @01:28PM (#6606579)
According to that website, because they form a "Rankine vortex" in the beverage itself, the carbonation is not disturbed. Not sure I buy that, but that's their sales pitch.
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Re:Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds by aaren on Thursday October 24, 2013 @02:47PM (#6607104)
a 'Rankine vortex' is a fancy name for a very simple theoretical model.

It's just a circular vortex in which u~1/r and there may or may not be a solid body core. A lot of spinny vortices are like this.

I'm not sure where they think their rankine vortex is - whether in the bottle or round the outside - or whether they are accounting for friction when calling it that.

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