ANOMALOUS ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PHENOMENA ON THE SURFACE OF LIQUID TUNGSTEN

Authors
BATRAKOV AV POPOV SA PROSKUROVSKII DI
Citation
Av. Batrakov et al., ANOMALOUS ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PHENOMENA ON THE SURFACE OF LIQUID TUNGSTEN, JETP letters, 63(8), 1996, pp. 615-620
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
63
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
615 - 620
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1996)63:8<615:AEPOTS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We have discovered that Taylor cone formation on the surface of liquid tungsten in air occurs in anomalously weak electric fields, This phen omenon is observed exclusively on tungsten and only in the presence of oxygen in the surrounding atmosphere. This anomaly could be due to th e low surface tension of liquid tungsten in an oxygen-containing atmos phere. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.