Phase Separation Kinetics of Solid 3He-4He Mixtures
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- 作者：A. Ganshin ; V. Maidanov ; N. Omelaenko ; A. Penzev ; E. Rudavskii and A. Rybalko
- 刊名：Journal of Low Temperature Physics
- 出版时间：1998
- 出版年：1998
- 期刊代码：20_00222291
- 类别：law
- 卷：113
- 期：5/6
- 页码：1011-1016
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
The kinetics of isotopic phase separation in solid mixture of3He in4He with the initial concentration 2.05%at various molar volumes has been investigated by precise pressure measurements. It has been shown that during both stepped and fast cooldown into the metastable region the equilibrium of coexisting phases is described by the exponential law with a characteristic time constant , The value of is found to decrease as the molar volume increases and the temperature lowers. It confirms that the growth of the3He-rich phase is connected with nonthermally activated (quantum) diffusion in the gas of delocalized3He quasiparticles. The obtained experimental results can be described only qualitatively by current kinetic theory of binary quantum solid mixtures. The conditions permitting the realization of the isotopic phase separation during the time observed in the experiment are analyzed. The effective quantum diffusion coefficient providing required3He atoms transport is about an order of magnitude higher than the corresponding value measured in NMR experiments. These conditions are probably fulfilled at the big concentration gradient which takes place at isotopic phase separation. The corresponding kinetic theory should be developed.