It is difficult to cut a stream of water. Why ?
Answers
Answer:
Due to the enormous pressure with which the waters flowing which increases with:
1. Decreasing the space from which water is flowing out.
2. Increasing the speed with which water is flowing
3. Increasing height from which the water is flowing out
Answer:
It is difficult to cut a stream of water because the inter molecules space are more and they do not have definite shape,so only we can't cut the stream of water.
Explanation:
Water is liquid, but still has mass and under the influence of gravity. It force pushes against objects in it's path and flowing water has greater force against an object stan still water.
Because of the structure of the atoms. They simply ‘flow’ around the object you’re cutting the steam with. Ie, you’ve got a knife which you intend to slice the stream with. All the water does is run along the blade and continues to fall downwards.
Most liquids are hard to ‘cut’ due to how their atoms are arranged and their freely movable nature. They simply part around the instrument.
As you can see with the above diagram (from google images) the bonds holding the liquid particles together are fewer and ‘weaker’, that being that they can break-to allow the instrument to move through it and then to rejoin once the instrument passes through.
So to relate this back to the original question, you can’t cut through a steam of water as such because the bonds holding the water atoms together break to allow the knife to move through and then rejoin together once it has passed. Of course, the viscosity of the liquid plays a role in determining if you can cut it, but I’m assuming we’re talking about water running from a tap.
