Module 7 Double Diffusion
Salt Fingers

Sometimes finicky to achieve, this attractive demonstration shows how the competing physical entities of temperature and salinity affect density flow. The side view of this normally difficult-to-see physical principle is worth the effort!

Lesson Plan: Check out this lesson plan that tells you what you need and how to do the demonstration.

Funding from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Award # NAG 13-02042