What Makes Pumice Float?

Multimedia · Mon May 22 04:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1673614

This 3-D rendering, produced using X-ray microtomography at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, shows a cube-shaped sample of pumice (blue-gray) and pockets of trapped gases (other colors). The X-ray studies helped scientists uncover how gas becomes trapped by surrounding liquid, causing pumice to float on the ocean's surface for prolonged periods. Credit: Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley

• Research Organization: LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States))
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• OSTI ID: 1673614
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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