EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE FOR NONWETTING WITH SUPERFLUID-HELIUM

被引:170
作者
NACHER, PJ
DUPONTROC, J
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[1] Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne, Département de Physique de LEcole Normale Supérieure, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2966
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Wetting properties of alkali-metallic surfaces by superfluid-helium film have been tested through heat transport. Appearing as an exception among other substrates, cesium is found to interrupt superfluid-film flow, suggesting nonwetting of cesium by superfluid helium. In addition, superfluid-helium films were observed to be only marginally stable on glass having been in contact with cesium vapor.
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页码:2966 / 2969
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