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Frossati, G.; Godfrin, H.; Hebral, B.; Schumacher, G.; Thoulouze, D.
Physics at ultralow temperatures, proceedings1978
Physics at ultralow temperatures, proceedings1978
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[en] A Pomeranchuk cell is a refrigerator which can absorb heat at temperature lower than 0.3 K by converting low entropy liquid 3He into high entropy solid. Liquid is converted into solid by increasing its pressure. 4He is then used to compress some deformable wall to provide the necessary increase of pressure. The authors have built a Pomeranchuk cell entirely made of plastic, the envelope being made of epoxy and the flexible wall made of polyimide ''Kapton''. ''Kapton'' has low elastic modulus of E = 6 x 109 N/m2 and relatively high ultimate tensile strength of σ = 3.4 x 108 N/m2, as compared to treated beryllium copper with E asymptoticaly equals 2.7 x 1011 N/m2 and σ = 1.3 x 109 N/m2. The same stress produces 10 times more deformation in ''Kapton'' than in BeCu, in a reversible region. If a thin walled cylinder constrained on both extremities has a radius R, the increase in radius, ΔR, when pressure P is applied, is given by Δ R = (PR2/Eh) [1 - exp(-kx) (sin kx + cos kx)]. Where E is elastic modulus, h is wall thickness, x is axial distance from the origin, and k = 4√3(1- μ)/√hR asymptoticaly equals 1/√hR. The smallest cell having been built has the internal radius of 0.4 cm, length of 1.5 cm and wall thickness of 6 x 10-3 cm. For these dimensions, ΔR is nearly maximum at x = 0.1 cm, as seen by solving the equation. (Kobatake, H
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Sugawara, T.; Nakajima, S. (Tokyo Univ. (Japan). Inst. for Solid State Physics); Ohtsuka, T.; Usui, T. (eds.); p. 294-296; 1978; p. 294-296; Physical Society of Japan; Tokyo, Japan; International symposium on physics at ultralow temperatures; Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan; 5 - 9 Sep 1977
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