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   Commander Kinsey to 2987pl@mail.com   
   Re: Circles on water damaged monitor?   
   04 May 19 22:23:00   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Sat, 04 May 2019 22:15:47 +0100, 2987pl <2987pl@mail.com> wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   > "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   > news:op.z093q1fwwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >> On Sat, 04 May 2019 19:15:01 +0100, Andy Burns    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>> Perfectly formed circles, after the monitor got wet (ok, my cat   
   >>>>>> "scented"   
   >>>>>> it, which I assume is salty water) - why the circles?  I can't   
   >>>>>> believe the   
   >>>>>> "water" physically spread that evenly.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Yeah, never seen water do that.   
   >>>   
   >>> There are many layers within an LCD (individually they have strange   
   >>> optical properties) some of them have a textured matte finish, I could   
   >>> see that allowing liquid to "wick" between layers in a circular pattern.   
   >>   
   >> But would it really be a PERFECT circle?   
   >   
   > Dunno, but it would be interesting to try. I guess it could be if the   
   > migration rate of the edge is uniform.   
      
   I'd have thought gravity would warp the shape.   
      
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