The surface tension effect on macrovolume destruction of a liquid during its free fall

In this paper, we present the methodology and results of an experimental study on the effect of the surface tension coefficient and the initial volume of a water core on the dynamics of its destruction upon free fall in air with a nonzero initial velocity. At a twofold decrease in the liquid surface tension coefficient, the distance at which the complete destruction of the water core with the formation of a cloud of drops occurs is shown to decrease by 30% while the dependence of the distance of complete destruction on the initial core volume has a minimum.