(August 9, 2017 at 12:12 pm)Dropship Wrote:(August 9, 2017 at 11:31 am)vorlon13 Wrote: There is a tremendous electrical current flowing thru that 'water bridge'. Kill the power and it collapses.
That's a good explanation, the current would seem to be acting like a "spine" to keep the drop rigid..
The current is forcing the water molecules to align their polarization, thus causing their bond to be much stronger than the normal randomly distributed hydrogen bonds.