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Ghostly ‘Blue Whirl’ Spinning Light Made of Three Flames – Interesting Engineering
Now we know the structure of the ghostly ‘blue whirl,’ a flame that could help clean up oil spills.
Researchers were astonished to accidentally discover a new kind of eerie blue flame when it erupted into existence mid-experiment in a laboratory, but now scientists understand the “blue whirl” flame’s structure, according to a new study recently published in the journal Science Advances.
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Ghostly ‘blue whirl’ flame structure revealed
In reality, three distinct kinds of flames comprise the blue whirl, according to the study. “It’s amazi…
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