
Originally Posted by
Triodit
The topic of the day is "Super Fluids"
Liquid helium is special because it will creep up the surfaces of any container and escape out of ANY opening in the vessel.
--The Facts--
ALL fluids creep. but it's not magic.
All things respond to gravity. But what we for get is that while solids are effected by gross gravitation and only react to things like planetary gravity. fluids and glasses respond to everything.
The most obvious example is the tides. Even though the oceans are on earth the bulge out following the moon enough to raise and lower levels by several feet.
WELL with H you have something so light and small that it's close enough to the container that the containers gravity pull the H more powerfully then the gravity well of the planet.
In effect a super fluid is something small and light enough to consider all solids a flat plain. At least while in immediate contact to the solid.
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