2008/04/14 by Rachel Sardo, Sardo, Rachel, James D. Brownridge +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #physics.chem-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0804.2274
20 pages
arxiv created 2008/04/14 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Water is a unique compound with many anomalies and properties not fully understood. Designing an experiment in the laboratory to study such anomalies, we set up a series of experiments where a tube was placed inside a sealed container with thermocouples attached to the outer surface of the tube and in the air adjacent to the tube. Alternately, deionized water and other compounds were added to the tube and cooled to freezing. Several of the thermocouples suspended in the air and adjacent to the tube showed thermal oscillations as the overall temperature of the container was decreasing. The temperature of the thermocouples increased and decreased in a sinusoidal way during part of the cool down to freezing. Thermal oscillations as large as 3 degrees Celsius were recorded with typical frequencies of about 5 oscillations per minute.