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How do birds fly? And how is chemistry involved?!

Aerodynamics, Biology, Biomechanics and podcast hosted by Melissa and Jam

Chemistry For Your Life

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Melissa and Jam examine bird flight at the scale of air molecules. The discussion considers lift, momentum transfer, wing shape, angle and flapping, explains the limits of common Bernoulli-based accounts, and relates airflow to the molecular motion underlying the macroscopic behaviour of gases.

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bird flightliftmomentum transferwing shapeflappingBernoulli-based accountsairflowmolecular motion

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