cottonmon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhen you're peeing in the toilet and some liquid splashes out, is that pee or water?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhen you're peeing in the toilet and some liquid splashes out, is that pee or water?cottonmon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarejettrscga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt’s both. Here’s a video of a water droplet, and you can see water (or urine) can actually bounce off the surface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbGz1njqhxU And here’s a simulated urine stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c66KVU5ah8 The urine displaces a lot of nearby water as well. That surrounding water would initially be “clean” toilet water, but urine will mix into the water pretty quickly. That mixed water will then also displace as more urine hits the surface.
It’s both.
Here’s a video of a water droplet, and you can see water (or urine) can actually bounce off the surface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbGz1njqhxU
And here’s a simulated urine stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c66KVU5ah8
The urine displaces a lot of nearby water as well. That surrounding water would initially be “clean” toilet water, but urine will mix into the water pretty quickly. That mixed water will then also displace as more urine hits the surface.