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Anomalous electrohydrodynamic phenomena on the surface of liquid tungsten

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We have discovered that Taylor cone formation on the surface of liquid tungsten in air occurs in anomalously weak electric fields. This phenomenon is observed exclusively on tungsten and only in the presence of oxygen in the surrounding atmosphere. This anomaly could be due to the low surface tension of liquid tungsten in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.

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  1. Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    A. V. Batrakov, S. A. Popov & D. I. Proskurovskii

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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 63, No. 8, 583–587 (25 April 1996)

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Batrakov, A.V., Popov, S.A. & Proskurovskii, D.I. Anomalous electrohydrodynamic phenomena on the surface of liquid tungsten. Jetp Lett. 63, 615–620 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567076

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