We present a protocol for preparing a two-layer density-stratified liquid that can be spun-up into solid body rotation and subsequently induced into Rayleigh-Taylor instability by applying a gradient magnetic field.
Scase, M. M., Baldwin, K. A., Hill, R. J. A. Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability. J. Vis. Exp. (121), e55088, doi:10.3791/55088 (2017).