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Measuring the Extensibility Liquids

Nature volume 202, pages 481–482 (1964)Cite this article

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AN apparatus has been built with which the ‘extensibility’ of a liquid—that is, its compressibility in the negative pressure region—can be measured easily and accurately, for what is believed to be the first time.

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  1. Fluids Group, National Engineering Laboratory, East Kilbride, Glasgow

    A. T. J. HAYWARD

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HAYWARD, A. Measuring the Extensibility Liquids. Nature 202, 481–482 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202481a0

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