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Discovering Science: The Water Surface

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When water falls on to an oily surface it heaps up into large rounded drops. Raindrops falling through the air assume a more or less spherical shape. In today's programme Gerd Sommerhoff explains how the 'skin' formed on the surface of water can be of importance in everyday life.
for Schools
(to 10.25)

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Presenter:
Gerd Sommerhoff
Producer:
Geoffrey Hall
Producer:
Lawrie Lawler
Source: Radio Times

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