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Fig. 3

From: Liquid sodium models of the Earth’s core

Fig. 3

Schematic and photos of the 3 m experiment. Left: a schematic of the experimental apparatus. Photos, clockwise from top center: the outer sphere; the inner sphere with shaft and lid; the inner sphere being lowered into the outer vessel, which is filled with water in this view; the bottom bearing and rotating fluid junction (allowing heating oil to be circulated in the jacket around the outer sphere)

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