Magnetic Levitation and Noncoalescence of Liquid Helium
- 2 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (23) , 4840-4843
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.4840
Abstract
We describe experiments in which drops of liquid helium-4, as large as 2 cm in diameter, are magnetically levitated. We have found that, when two or more drops are levitated in the same magnetic trap, the drops often remain in a state of apparent contact without coalescing. It appears that this effect is caused by the slow evaporation of liquid from the drops.Keywords
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