Tuesday, 13 November 2007

What is Superfluidity?

What is Superfluidity?


Superfluidity is a phase of matter characterised by the complete absence of viscosity. Thus, superfluids placed in a close loop can flow endlessly without friction. Superfluidity was discovered by Pyotr Leonidvich Kapitsa, John F. Allen and Don Misener in 1937. The study of superfluidity is called quantum hydrodynamics.

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