<ul><li>Physicist Mathieu Souzy of the University Twente and his colleagues conducted experiments to understand how to create a perfect circular pattern for a salt ring in a pasta pot.</li><li>They identified three factors contributing to the formation of a salt ring: diameter of the particles, settling height, and the number of particles released simultaneously.</li><li>A previous phenomenon known as the 'coffee ring effect' occurs when a liquid evaporates and the dissolved solids form a ring. The effect is reduced with small drops and increased with large drops.</li></ul>

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