Electrostatically Levitated Metal Droplet (IMAGE)

Saarland University

Electrostatically Levitated Metal Droplet

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The hot droplet is suspended in a vacuum between two electrodes. While the droplet cools down or is heated up, its structure is continuously monitored by exposing it to radiation from the synchrotron source.

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Institute of Materials Physics in Space at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Cologne, Germany.

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