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Spinning Sphere of Molten Sodium

Why it was recommended

using liquid sodium for... anything requires an enormous amount of care

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What it covers

Veritasium shows an experiment from Prof. Dan Lathrop's lab with a spinning sphere of molten sodium, used to study how turbulent convection in Earth's core generates a. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel
Veritasium
Length
8 min 27 sec
Year
2018
Open on YouTube

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