Figure 10.

Immersion characteristics of the platinum resistance thermometer in the aluminum point cells and the effects of the hydrostatic pressure of liquid aluminum on the vertical temperature distribution of the cell.

(The depth of immersion was estimated as the distance from the top surface of the aluminum in the cell to the mid-point of the thermometer coil. The calculated curve (straight line) is based on the Clapeyron equation. It is normalized to the reading at approximately 16.7 cm immersion when the thermometer is touching the bottom of the thermometer well of the aluminum-point cell.)