The Entropy of LiquidHe3

1 March 1953

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

Vol. 89 (5) , 1038-1040
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.89.1038

Abstract

The vapor pressure of liquid

{He}^{3}

, as measured by Abraham, Osborne, and Weinstock, is found to fit the following equation:

{log}_{10} (\frac{P_{mm}}{T^{\frac{5}{2}}}) = 2.3126 - \frac{1.1561}{T} - 0.25254 T - 0.00667 T^{2} + 0.05266 T^{3} - 0.01210 T^{4},

up to 2.5°K. The entropy curve of the liquid derived from this equation goes smoothly to zero at 0°K, and in fact lies very close to the theoretical curve for a Fermi-Dirac smoothed potential liquid below 1°K. Hence the vapor pressure data furnish no evidence for the existence of a transition below 1°K.

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