Sunday 26 October 2014

Molten metals in spin cycle on ESA's centrifuge

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Molten metals in spin cycle on ESA's centrifuge
Paris (ESA) Oct 20, 2014 - The experimenters stared through bulletproof glass at the whirling 8 m-diameter centrifuge. Never mind the shaking or stirring of drink cocktails - what happens when you spin a cocktail of molten metal? ESA's Large Diameter Centrifuge provides research teams with easy access to hypergravity. Based at ESA's technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, it can spin at up to 67 revolutions ... more


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