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Constant-volume specific heat of solid xenon

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Specific heats of solid xenon were measured between 110 and 223 K in a closed pressure vessel. In this temperature interval the pressure increased from the vapor pressure of the solid at 110 K to about 1.7 kbar at the melting point. After a small correction for the nonrigidity of the container, we find that cv increases from 2.9R at 110 K to the classical Dulong-Petit value of 3R at 200 K. The behavior of the specific heat in the vicinity of the melting point depended on the treatment of the samples.

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Research supported by the National Science Foundation. This paper is based on a thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Rutgers University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree.

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Gamper, K. Constant-volume specific heat of solid xenon. J Low Temp Phys 6, 35–42 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00630907

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