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Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 1461–1464 (1981)

Phase Separation in Films of 3He-4He Mixtures

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F. M. Ellis, R. B. Hallock, M. D. Miller, and R. A. Guyer
Laboratory for Low Temperature Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003

Received 9 January 1981; published in the issue dated 1 June 1981

We report detailed observations of the propagation of third sound in 3He-4He mixture films as a function of temperature and 3He concentration. The data are consistent with a simple model for the film and we conclude that thin 3He-4He mixture films exhibit nearly complete phase separation.

© 1981 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1461
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1461
PACS:
67.60.-g, 67.40.Pm