Research Catalog

Title

Matter and methods at low temperatures / Frank Pobell.

Author

Pobell, Frank, 1937-

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007.

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Description

xv, 461 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Matter > Thermal properties
• Low temperatures
• Cryostats
• Physics
• Thermodynamics
• Particles (Nuclear physics)
• Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy
• Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-446) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Properties of Cryoliquids -- 2.1 Liquid Air, Liquid Oxygen, Liquid Nitrogen -- 2.2 Liquid Hydrogen -- 2.3 Liquid Helium -- 2.3.1 Some Properties of the Helium Isotopes -- 2.3.2 Latent Heat of Evaporation and Vapour Pressure -- 2.3.3 Specific Heat -- 2.3.4 Transport Properties of Liquid 4 He: Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity -- 2.3.5 Superfluid Film Flow -- 2.3.6 Liquid 3 He and 3 He -4 He Mixtures at Millikelvin Temperatures -- Problems -- 3 Solid Matter at Low Temperatures -- 3.1 Specific Heat -- 3.1.1 Insulators -- 3.1.2 Metals -- 3.1.3 Superconducting Metals -- 3.1.4 Non-Crystalline Solids -- 3.1.5 Magnetic Specific Heat -- 3.1.6 The Low-Temperature Specific Heat of Copper and Platinum -- 3.1.7 Specific Heat of Some Selected Materials -- 3.1.8 Calorimetry or How to Measure Heat Capacities -- 3.2 Thermal Expansion -- 3.2.1 Thermal Expansion of Solids -- 3.2.2 Dilatometers or How to Measure Thermal Expansions -- 3.3 Thermal Conductivity -- 3.3.1 Lattice Conductivity: Phonons -- 3.3.2 Electronic Thermal Conductivity -- 3.3.3 Thermal Conductivity at Low Temperatures -- 3.3.4 Superconducting Metals -- 3.3.5 Relation Between Thermal and Electrical Conductivity: The Wiedemann -Franz Law -- 3.3.6 Influence of Impurities on Conductivity -- 3.3.7 Thermal Conductivities of Copper, Silver and Aluminum at Low Temperatures -- 3.3.8 How to Measure Thermal Conductivities -- 3.4 Magnetic Susceptibilities -- 3.4.1 Magnetic Susceptibilities of Some Selected Materials -- 3.4.2 How to Measure Susceptibilities and Magnetizations -- Problems -- 4 Thermal Contact and Thermal Isolation -- 4.1 Selection of the Material with the Appropriate Cryogenic Thermal Conductivity -- 4.2 Heat Switches -- 4.2.1 Gaseous and Mechanical Heat Switches -- 4.2.2 Superconducting Heat Switches -- 4.3 Thermal Boundary Resistance -- 4.3.1 Boundary Resistance Between Metals -- 4.3.2 Boundary Resistance Between Liquid Helium and Solids -- Problems -- 5 Helium-4 Cryostats and Closed-Cycle Refrigerators -- 5.1 Use of Liquid 4 He in Low-Temperature Equipment -- 5.1.1 Cool-Down Period -- 5.1.2 Running Phase of the Experiment -- 5.2 Helium-4 Cryostats -- 5.2.1 Double-Walled Glass Dewars -- 5.2.2 Metal Dewars -- 5.2.3 Cryostats for T>5K -- 5.2.4 Cryostats with Variable Temperature for 1 .3K T 4 .2K -- 5.2.5 Auxiliary Equipment -- 5.3 Closed-Cycle Refrigerators -- 5.4 Temperature Control -- Problems -- 6 Helium-3 Cryostats -- 6.1 Helium-3 Cryostats with External Pumps -- 6.2 Helium-3 Cryostats with Internal Adsorption Pumps -- Problems -- 7 The 3 He -4 He Dilution Refrigerator -- 7.1 Properties of Liquid 3 He -4 HeMixtures -- 7.1.1 Phase Diagram and Solubility -- 7.1.2 3 He -4 He Mixturesas Fermi Liquids -- 7.1.3 Finite Solubility of 3 He in 4 He -- 7.1.4 Cooling Power of the Dilution Process -- 7.1.5 Osmotic Pressure -- 7.2 Realization of a 3 He -4 He Dilution Refrigerator -- 7.3 Properties of the Main Components of a 3 He -4 He Dilution Refrigerator -- 7.3.1 Mixing Chamber -- 7.3.2 Still -- 7.3.3 Heat Exchangers -- 7.4 Examples of 3 He -4 He Dilution Refrigerators -- Problems -- 8 Refrigeration by Solidification of Liquid 3 He: Pomeranchuck Cooling -- 8.1 Phase and Entropy Diagrams of 3 H.

ISBN

• 3540463569
• 9783540463566

LCCN

^^2006934863

OCLC

• 75927988
• SCSB-10500298

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library