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Behaviour of Condensed Helium near Absolute Zero

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THE recently published measurements1 on some properties of condensed helium, in conjunction with the facts known from the work of Keesom and his co-workers2, allow us to draw some conclusions on the behaviour of helium at very low temperatures.

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SIMON, F. Behaviour of Condensed Helium near Absolute Zero. Nature 133, 529 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133529a0

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