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Mass Flow Through Solid 4he Induced By The Fountain Effect, M. W. Ray, Robert B. Hallock

Robert Hallock

Using an apparatus that allows superfluid liquid 4_He to be in contact with hcp solid 4_He at pressures greater than the bulk melting pressure of the solid, we have performed experiments that show evidence for 4_He mass flux through the solid and the likely presence of superfluid inside the solid. We present results that show that a thermomechanical equilibrium in quantitative agreement with the fountain effect exists between two liquid reservoirs connected to each other through two superfluid-filled Vycor rods in series with a chamber filled with solid〖 4〗_He. We use the thermomechanical effect to induce flow through the solid …