ERIC Number: EJ1013809
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
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Sticky Physics of Joy: On the Dissolution of Spherical Candies
Windisch, Andreas; Windisch, Herbert; Windisch, Anita
Physics Education, v48 n2 p221-226 Mar 2013
Assuming a constant mass decrease per unit surface and unit time we
provide a very simplistic model for the dissolution process of spherical
candies. The aim is to investigate the quantitative behaviour of the
dissolution process throughout the act of eating the candy. In our model we
do not take any microscopic mechanism of the dissolution process into
account, but rather provide an estimate which is based on easy-to-follow
calculations. Having obtained a description based on this calculation, we
confirm the assumed behaviour by providing experimental data for the
dissolution process. Besides a deviation from our prediction caused by the
production process of the candies below a diameter of 2 mm, we find good agreement with our model-based expectations. Delicate questions on the optimal strategy for enjoying a candy will be addressed, such as whether it is wise to split the candy by breaking it with the teeth or not. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Food, Science Experiments, Computation, Equations (Mathematics)
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