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Film Transfer in He II

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DURING the course of experiments on film transfer in very narrow beakers and in vessels with very narrow apertures, phenomena have appeared which are difficult to reconcile with the existing interpretation of the nature of film transfer and of critical velocity1.

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ALLEN, J. Film Transfer in He II. Nature 185, 831–832 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185831a0

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