Techniques for Using Liquid Helium in Very Low Temperature Apparatus
- 1 July 1966
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 37 (7) , 819-831
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1720340
Abstract
A discussion of what is known experimentally about the thermal contact problem at very low temperatures is given. Liquid 4He is a particularly promising contact agent. Methods of using liquid 4He, thermometry using cerium magnesium nitrate, and solutions to the filling and isolation problems using an open capillary are discussed. The techniques are applied to an apparatus suitable for heat capacity measurements to below 0.02°K and to an apparatus for measurement of superconductive properties at temperatures substantially below 0.01°K. The performance of the apparatus for heat capacity and superconductivity measurements is discussed.Keywords
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