Usually, as a fluid is heated it will become less dense. A heated blob will feel a force pushing it upward, the blob will tend to rise, and cooler fluid will fall into its place. At the lowest heating rates, there is no motion. Then, as the heating rate is increased, one sees successively a steady motion, a periodic oscillation, and a chaotic domain.
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