{"id":134684,"date":"2017-09-13T13:28:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T19:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134684"},"modified":"2017-09-13T23:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T05:03:05","slug":"like-ionic-candle-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/like-ionic-candle-wind.html","title":{"rendered":"Like An Ionic Candle in the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is very cool.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A research team from Saudi Arabia has developed a new method for generating 3D images of flames when they\u2019re exposed to electrical fields. When electrodes are placed on each side of a flame, an \u201cionic wind\u201d is created\u2014charged particles in the flame move toward the electrodes, and the behavior of a flame can change based on the voltage and current applied to the electrodes. To track the ionic wind, the researchers trained a special argon laser on a flame, added reflective particles to the fire, and then tracked the light that bounced back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/ionic-winds-flames-electricity-imaging\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/B5Gh_Hc3uKto8uHZWO2dkoexrvXQd26hsGwo32dDomsx5a3LbBs1TfY9qdlputCJ5X2_kJn8C0HKWwyzLC4OniChjgrJPqDW3-AfxVw=w506-h910\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/ionic-winds-flames-electricity-imaging\">Behold a Flame&#8217;s Mesmerizing Ionic Wind<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFire scientists can now create 3D images of the behavior of flames in certain conditions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/MyaLf4p9818\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is very cool. A research team from Saudi Arabia has developed a new method for generating 3D images of flames when they\u2019re exposed to electrical fields. When electrodes are placed on each side of a flame, an \u201cionic wind\u201d is created\u2014charged particles in the flame move toward the electrodes, and the behavior of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/like-ionic-candle-wind.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Like An Ionic Candle in the Wind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1024,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/24\/rubber_hoses.html","url_meta":{"origin":134684,"position":0},"title":"Rubber hoses","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 24-Oct-01 11:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"Jordan bomb trial offers US a case study Torture. 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