Negative Pressures and Cavitation in Liquid Helium
DOI: 10.1063/1.882962
Cavitation—the formation of bubbles—is a familiar phenomenon. Whenever a liquid is agitated violently, there is a possibility that cavitation will occur (see, for example, figure 1). In the case of boat propellers or hydraulic machines, cavitation is a problem that engineers try to avoid. In other contexts, however, cavitation can be useful—as, for example, in ultrasonic cleaning devices.
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Humphrey Maris. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Sebastien Balibar. National Center for Scientific Research, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
