## LETTER TO THE EDITOR The specific heat of liquid helium from 1.5°K down to 0.4°K. We measured the specific heat of liquid helium under its saturated vapour pressure from 1.5 clown to 0.4°K. The temperatures below I. I°K were obtained by adiabatic demagnetization of iron ammonium alum. In this
The vaporisation heat of liquid helium from 0 to 5.2° K and the value of h, calculated from the thermodynamical behaviour of helium
✍ Scribed by J. Kistemaker
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1946
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-8914
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✦ Synopsis
The vaporisation heat r T was calculated by equalizing the thermic potentials in vapour and liquid. Below the ),-point we calculated rT= 0, using our recent vapour pressure determinations. We found 14.24 + 0.015 cal/mol, ir~ good agreement with Bleaney and Simon's value 14.26. But using the scale 1937 we found an important inconstancy in the results obtained for rT= 0. This shows that an error in the scale 1937 below as well as above the ),-point up to 3°K is probable. A formula for the vapour pressure as a function of T, in the helium II region, is given. The value of h, calculated from the chemical constant, is within 1% in agreement with O h 1 i n's experimental determination.
The vaporisation heat from 0 to 3.5°K, which has been calculated from the difference in entropy between vapour and liquid, is within 1% in accordance with Dan a and Ka merIingh On nes' experimental values; this statement constitutes a reliable confirmation of all thermodynamical data available at this moment.
Above 3.5°K an error of 6% in Dana and Kamerlingh Onn e s' ,Jalues seems probable.
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