Longest and slowest Experiment In The World: There are many scientists around the world who sometimes surprise people with their experiments. As everyone knows that every research takes some time, but recently an experiment shocked the world. Actually, the scientific experiment we are talking about is being described as the world’s longest and slowest experiment, which is being discussed a lot on the internet these days. The Guinness World Record for the longest running experiment is held in Queensland, Australia. university Scientists have been running ‘pitch drop experiments’ for almost 100 years, which could last for another century
World’s longest experiment
The special thing about this experiment is that it has been going on since 1927, which has lasted more than 100 years so far and the surprising thing is that this experiment can continue for the next century. For your information, let us tell you that in this experiment, to measure the density and flowability of a substance called pitch, it was placed in a glass funnel. You will be surprised to know that till now only 9 drops have fallen. This process is so slow that till now no one has seen a single drop falling.
If you’re ever frustrated with an experiment, consider the example of the Queensland Pitch Drop Experiment begun in 1927, the longest running experiment… and I want to really make this land for you… STILL HAS NOT technically yielded a single direct observation as of 2022. pic.twitter.com/YaR1e2NAhM
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slowest scientific experiment
It is being told that Australian physicist Thomas Parnell started this special experiment in the year 1930, through which he wanted to show the surprising properties of daily used things. For this pitch drop experiment, he used a highly sticky tar-like substance called pitch. That being said, this seemingly solid substance is two million times more sticky than honey. This strange substance can break like glass when hit with a hammer.
Pitch drop experiment may continue for the next century
While performing this experiment, Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into a glass funnel with a sealed stem. He allowed the pitch to cool and settle for three years. In 1930 he cut off the steam from the funnel and waited. According to the university, “This experiment was set up as a demonstration and was not housed in special environmental conditions. Instead, it was housed in a display cabinet so that the flow rate of the pitch would correspond to seasonal changes in temperature.” Keep changing.
Did you know?
There’s an experiment that has been continuously running since 1927. In this time, only 9 drops have fallen.
The most famous pitch drop experiment was set up by physicist Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland in 1927.
During 88 years, the funnel has… pic.twitter.com/be83nmGAYY
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Only 9 drops have fallen in 94 years
After Parnell, the late Professor John Mainstone became the patron of this experiment in 1961 and continued it for 52 years. Since the beginning of the experiment, pitch has been slowly dripping out of the funnel – so slowly that it took eight years for the first drop to fall and more than 40 years for the next five drops to fall. So far, a total of 9 drops have fallen in this experiment. There is a possibility of another drop in the next decade, but despite this, the experiment has been so slow that no one has seen the falling drop yet.
In 2005, Thomas Parnell and Professor John Mainstone (posthumously) were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize. It is a satirical award that highlights the obscure and immediate achievements of scientific research. The purpose of the Ig Nobel Prize is to honor research that makes people laugh as well as think.
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