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We have measured heat capacity and pressure of 0.45% and 0.9%3He-4He mixtures at pressures between 25 bar and 33 bar and temperatures between 20 mK and 250 mK. The data show the latent heats and the pressure changes associated with the phase separation (or remixing) and with the liquification (or solidification) of the resulting droplets in the hcp matrix. Above about 31 bar, the phase separation and the liquid-solid phase transition are separately observable. From these data, as well as from the heat capacity of the liquid droplets, we conclude that the droplets are filled with almost pure3He showing bulk behavior and that only a part of the separated3He is liquified. The amount of the liquid depends on the history of the sample. The phase separation is reproducible and lasted for many hours. In the pressure range of the hcp-L1-L2 univariant the sample moves along the univariant for a limited temperature range.
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Schrenk, R., Friz, O., Fujii, Y. et al. Heat capacity and pressure at phase separation and solidification of3He in hcp4He. J Low Temp Phys 84, 133–156 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00681620
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