ShareFIFTY YEARS OF SUPERFLUID HELIUM.
Author(s) : VINEN W. F.
Type of article: Article
Summary
AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE OF THE DISCOVERY OF SUPERFLUID HELIUM AND OF THE WAY IN WHICH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS STRANGE LIQUID HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY. THE OBVIOUS TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE LIQUID AS A COOLANT ARE MENTIONED, AS ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF MORE SOPHISTICATED APPLICATIONS.
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- Original title: FIFTY YEARS OF SUPERFLUID HELIUM.
- Record ID : 1991-1419
- Languages: English
- Source: Adv. cryog. Eng. - vol. 35 A
- Publication date: 1990
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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- Keywords: Helium; History; Superfluid helium
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