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For experiments in liquid-metal systems, special emphasis is placed on the instru-
mentation, operating in a high-temperature, opaque, and corrosive environment.
A direct application of systems developed for water flows is not always possible.
On the other hand, novel techniques such as contactless inductive flow tomography
can be developed, exploiting the interaction of liquid metals with external magnetic
fields, as described in Section 3.5.

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