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    • Rights: Wikimedia CommonsCreative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Published 9 April 2010 Size: 11 KB Referencing Hub media

    When liquid helium is cooled to -271°C, it becomes a superfluid. These liquids show unusual properties such as being able to creep along surfaces as shown in the diagram.

    Acknowledgements:
    Design: Aarchiba
    SVG rendering: Júlio Reis

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