The authors have used a torsion pendulum to measure the superfluid density and viscosity of liquid 3He at pressures of 18.2, 26.0 and 29.7 bar. It was found that rho s in the A-phase is not reproducible; the range of variation is about a factor of two, and large amplitudes tend to give low rho s, as would be expected for orientation of the l-vector by flow. In the B-phase, rho s is about 20% greater than any value found in the A-phase at the same reduced temperature. The viscosity below about 0.9 Tc is almost independent of pressure at a given value of (T/Tc); it is slightly lower in the B-phase than in the A-phase.
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