Word info

superfluid

Speech parts

1. superfluid - Noun

2. superfluid - Adjective

Meaning

superfluid (plural superfluids)

(physics) A substance, such as liquid helium, that exhibits superfluidity.

superfluid (not comparable)

Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting superfluidity.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Application of heat to a spot in superfluid helium results in a flow of the normal component which takes care of the heat transport at relatively high velocity (up to 20 cm/s) which leads to a very high effective thermal conductivity. Source: Internet

As long as it remains superfluid, it creeps up the wall of the cup as a thin film. Source: Internet

Bose–Einstein condensation remains, however, fundamental to the superfluid properties of helium-4. Source: Internet

At the end sections a normal to superfluid conversion takes place and vice versa. Source: Internet

Below 1 K the helium is almost completely superfluid. Source: Internet

Eq.(7) shows that the superfluid component is accelerated by gradients in the pressure and in the gravitational field, as usual, but also by a gradient in the fountain pressure. Source: Internet

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