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Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation

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This technique involves the use of a stream of gas directed through a conical nozzle in order to support a small sample (~1.5–5 mm diameter, 10–100 mg). Typically, high purity (99.9995 %) argon is used as a levitation gas in order to reduce the possibility of contamination; however other levitation gases can also be used, for instance an argon/oxygen mix if the oxygen content of the sample is likely to reduce with Ar as the sole levitation gas.

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Farmer, T. (2015). Experimental Techniques. In: Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06575-5_3

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