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The heat capacity of massive Nb3Ge specimens (cast, annealed, and rapidly quenched) is measured by the adiabatic calorimetry method with periodic heat supply over the temperature range 5–30°K. Measurements and data collection were completely automated.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1073–1077, December, 1981.
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Orlova, M.P., Korolev, Y.A., Bychkova, M.I. et al. Measurement of Nb3Ge heat capacity. Journal of Engineering Physics 41, 1351–1354 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825171
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825171