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Anomalous wetting of helium on cesium

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We report studies of the anomalous wetting of a cesium substrate by a liquid helium film by means of the technique of third sound. A hysteretic pre-wetting transition is observed as a function of the amount of helium in the experimental cell.

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  1. Laboratory for Low Temperature Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA

    K. S. Ketola, S. Wang & R. B. Hallock

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Ketola, K.S., Wang, S. & Hallock, R.B. Anomalous wetting of helium on cesium. J Low Temp Phys 89, 601–604 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694097

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