Model for the extreme wetting hysteresis of liquid helium on cesium |
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Authors: | Wyatt Klier |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom. |
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Abstract: | Although the liquid- 4He-cesium system is a nearly ideal one for studying wetting phenomena, it can show extreme hysteresis which is profoundly nonideal in behavior. It is suggested that this is due to the roughness of these Cs surfaces. We show that stable micropuddles of liquid 4He can form in shallow cavities on a Cs surface. It is the potential to form micropuddles, as the liquid tries to recede, which pins the contact line due to the large energy needed to create the surface of a micropuddle. This model also accounts for the memory that these surfaces have of being in contact with liquid 4He. |
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