Influence of Atmosphere on the Surface Profiles of Liquids under a High Magnetic Field

Abstract

The Moses effect and enhanced Moses effect have recently been reported, but the influence of atmospheres on the Moses effect has not been considered. In this investigation, we conducted an experiment to study this influence. A water vessel was placed in a superconducting magnet bore, and the degree of suppression in the level of water surface was observed at the field center (8 T) in nitrogen and oxygen gases. The depth of the trough was 24.7 mm in nitrogen and 29.2 mm in oxygen, respectively. The results visibly showed the influence of atmosphere on the Moses effect, and agreed with calculations according to the theory of the enhanced Moses effect.