Thickness of the Helium Film as a Function of Height

1 January 1955

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 97 (1) , 22-24
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.97.22

Abstract

The thickness of a film adsorbed on a vertical wall is derived from adsorption thermodynamics as a function of height. The thickness of the helium film calculated from adsorption data is, within the error of the experiments, consistent with those obtained by direct observation.

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