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Effects of surface properties of the condensate on the condensation coefficients of alkali metals

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It is shown that the condensation coefficients for alkali metals can differ appreciably from unity if impurities are present.

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  1. I. I. Polzunov Central Boiler and Turbine Institute, Leningrad

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 876–880, November, 1971.

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Kochurova, N.N. Effects of surface properties of the condensate on the condensation coefficients of alkali metals. Journal of Engineering Physics 21, 1409–1411 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01271355

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