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Siphon in a Vacuum - Periodic Table of Videos

2011-10-10

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Successfully operating a siphon in a vacuum, using an exotic ionic liquid that can handle the extreme conditions.

With thanks to Adrian Boatwright and Pete Licence. The paper (not free unfortunately) is at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed2001818

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