Some Observations on the Thermomagnetic Gas-Torque Anomaly

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
The magnetic gas-torque effect in polyatomic gases (the Scott effect) has been examined experimentally by means of a torsion pendulum with both linear and cylindrical torque-sensing elements. The addition of barriers installed to impede possible bulk rotation of the gas (oxygen in these experiments) reduced the torque appreciably. These observations suggest that rotation of the gas contributes to the torque.