Journal of Low Temperature Physics

, Volume 13, Issue 3–4, pp 241–248 | Cite as

Low-temperature heat capacity of helium films adsorbed on copper

  • D. C. Hickernell
  • E. O. McLean
  • O. E. Vilches
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Abstract

Heat capacity measurements are described for films of pure4He and a 12%He3 mixture ofHe3 andHe4He adsorbed on copper, for 0.1<T<1.2 K.He4 heat capacity isotherms show a step-type behavior as a function of coverage for the first two layers, while the mixture isotherms only show the first step. A comparison is made with recent multilayer data for helium films on Vycor published by other authors.

Keywords

Copper Helium Heat Capacity Magnetic Material Capacity Measurement 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1973

Authors and Affiliations

  • D. C. Hickernell
    • 1
  • E. O. McLean
    • 1
  • O. E. Vilches
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of PhysicsUniversity of WashingtonSeattle

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