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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 months ago

Why are coffee stains darker at the edges?

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Why are coffee stains darker at the edges?

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 months ago
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Why are coffee stains darkest at the edges when they dry?
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There are many things around us that are so taken for granted that it never occurs to us to give them a second thought until we look a little closer. Coffee stains are one such thing. When coffee dries it leaves stains that are dark at the edges and lighter inside. The explanation may not be obvious...

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  • Lucien [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Not a very good explanation. They take for granted that liquid will rush to fill the areas of the drop where evaporation is happening faster rather than the drop just shrinking in size. This really should have been part of the explanation, too.

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    This was figured out more than a decade ago.

    https://www.livescience.com/15611-physics-coffee-stains-explained.html

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