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Superfluid
A remarkable transition occurs in the properties of liquid helium at the temperature 2.17 K, called the "lambda point" for helium. Part of the liquid becomes a "superfluid", a zero viscosity fluid ...
How Your Blender Uses Physics to Make a Smoothie
The handy kitchen blender uses a lot of physics to turn solids into liquids.
Making Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen
A simple set of instructions on making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. It contains a page of some useful information on handing the nitrogen.
Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch (1905 - 1983) research lead to a new method of nuclear induction for the study of nuclear moments in solids, liquids, or gases.
Materials Science
Explains difference between different types of crystals and talks about various topics such as x-ray diffraction, microscopy and polymers.
Doping Of Semiconductors
The addition of a small percentage of foreign atoms in the regular crystal lattice of silicon or germanium produces dramatic changes in their electrical properties.
Max Theodor Felix von Laue
Biography of Max von Laue (1879 -1960), who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays on crystals.
Wilhelm Rontgen
Wilhelm Rontgen (1845 - 1913) first work was on the specific heats of gases and the thermal conductivity of crystals.
Bragg's Law and Diffraction
Bragg's Law and diffraction - how waves reveal the atomic structure of crystals. Includes an applet, detailed notes and many diagrams and graphs.
Henry's Law
When a gas is in contact with the surface of a liquid, the amount of the gas which will go into solution is proportional to the partial pressure of that gas.