Observation of dynamic effects in the percolation transition in a "nonwetting liquid-nanoporous body" system

Filling of a nanoporous body with liquid metal upon pulsed pressure buildup to a level far exceeding the percolation-threshold critical pressure was e xperimentally studied. The onset of the oscillating filling regime was obse rved. It disappears on bringing pressure down to a value lower than the per colation-transition critical pressure and on increasing the characteristic time of pressure buildup above threshold. A model is suggested allowing the explanation of the observed effects. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".