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Hysteresis in a Capillary Condensation System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

M. P. Lilly  and
R. B. Hallock
M. P. Lilly
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Low Temperature Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
R. B. Hallock
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Low Temperature Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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Abstract

We report measurements of the hysteretic capillary condensation of liquid 4He into the porous material Nuclepore. Results are presented for global and hysteretic behavior for 300 Å diameter pores. These observations deviate from the predictions of the Preisach model of independent hysteresis domains. By modifying the Preisach model so as to restrict the ability of some of the pores to drain normally we are able to model many features of the experimental data.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 366: Symposium N – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems , 1994 , 241
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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