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Microgravity
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Graph depicting Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) heating and cooling cycle to achieve undercooling of liquid metals. The ESL uses static electricity to suspend an object (about 3-4 mm in diameter) inside a vacuum chamber while a laser heats the sample until it melts. This lets scientists record a wide range of physical properties without the sample contracting the container or any instruments, conditions that would alter the readings.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMicrogravity. NASA/MSFC, 1998-09-30. Public domain. ID: 0004410.
