Three representative low-gravity experiments for a fluid near its liquid-vapor critical point are being defined. Two of these experiments require very careful measurements of properties of the fluid in thermodynamic equilibrium, while the third experiment is a series of optical observations of the phenomena which occur as a fluid is changed from one phase to two phases, either by cooling through the critical point, or by adiabatic expansion. There is concern that residual spacecraft motions may complicate the interpretation of the data from the proposed experiments. It is possible that the Spacelab environment will render certain desirable experiments impractical.
Defining critical point experiments for a space laboratory
01.11.1981
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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