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THE magnitude of the adsorption of helium on solids is of interest not only theoretically, but also because of its relevance to the determination of the density of solids when helium is used as the dilatometric fluid; in such determinations the adsorption of helium is assumed to be so small as to be negligible. We have found that this assumption is not invariably correct.
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MAGGS, F., SCHWABE, P. & WILLIAMS, J. Adsorption of Helium on Carbons: Influence on Measurement of Density. Nature 186, 956–958 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186956b0
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