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Superfluid Helium

Helium cooled to near absolute zero gains bizarre properties.

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blue_devil : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

blue_devil

93 votes NegativePositive

315 days 16 hours ago...

1/5 for not posting the whole thing
this is not youtube you know.

JamMcFar : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

JamMcFar

2 votes NegativePositive

315 days 15 hours ago...

What program is this from?

unrealplayer1 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

unrealplayer1

11 votes NegativePositive

315 days 12 hours ago...

looks like a BBC documentory.

Zytemis : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Zytemis

22 votes NegativePositive

315 days 5 hours ago...

I`m pretty sure Darth Vader is narrating. It`s kind of funny that said it baffled (past-tense) scientists...I`m pretty sure its still pretty baffling...

Mass x Acceleration : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

Mass x Acceleration

4 votes NegativePositive

314 days 20 hours ago...

i agree with blue_devil, more of this shit plz

NoTouch : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

NoTouch

31 votes NegativePositive

314 days 19 hours ago...

and what are those new radical theories?

Premier140 : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

Premier140

2 votes NegativePositive

314 days 19 hours ago...

theres no such thing as absolute zero though. I learned that from Beakmans world.

Wonfis : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Wonfis

3 votes NegativePositive

314 days 19 hours ago...

^ Quantum Hydrodynamics, I believe, though I only know the name.

sthlrd : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

sthlrd

0 votes NegativePositive

314 days 19 hours ago...

baffaling

KTM_Orange : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

KTM_Orange

-2 votes NegativePositive

314 days 19 hours ago...

Could this be used for perpetual hydro power?

JESUSFRIGGINCHRIST : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

JESUSFRIGGINCHRIST

0 votes NegativePositive

314 days 18 hours ago...

Fascinating....I wonder what Cactus Jack would do

a level maths : LVL 5: VP 1.4: said:

a level maths

8 votes NegativePositive

314 days 18 hours ago...

woah a never ending fountain. I need one for my room

Mr.Tweek : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Mr.Tweek

2 votes NegativePositive

314 days 18 hours ago...

did anyone else watch that liquid nitrogen being thrown into that pool? that was awesome XD

Cahu : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Cahu

3 votes NegativePositive

314 days 16 hours ago...

Imagine having getting into a pool of this? Would you blow up from helium seeping into your body? (aside from freezing to death i mean)

daeve : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

daeve

1 votes NegativePositive

314 days 16 hours ago...

Interesting. I wouldn`t say it is 0 viscosity, otherwise the fluid could not get rid of any of its energy and would not stop moving like in the first experiment. But they could obviously let the other two settle which suggests its not exactly 0.

The climbing up walls and seeping through pores shows it has 0 surface tension too.

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