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Influence of a Magnetic Field on Thermal Convection Patterns

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THERMAL instability during the chemical silvering of glass produces Bénard convection patterns in the deposited silver layer. An unstable condition produced by cooling the silver solution to about 10° C, pouring it over the top surface of glass plates at 25° C. arranged horizontally, so as to produce a layer about 3 mm. thick, gave silver patterns as shown in Fig. 1. A very unusual and pronounced difference occurred in the details of the shapes of the convection patterns when formed in the presence of a magnetic field.

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LEVENGOOD, W. Influence of a Magnetic Field on Thermal Convection Patterns. Nature 177, 631–632 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177631a0

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