low-temperature phenomena: Quick Facts

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superconductivity superfluidity adiabatic demagnetization supercooling cryostat Why are higher elevations colder?adiabatic expansion adiabatic nuclear demagnetization strain point softening point Wet-bulb temperature thermometer Temperature inversion Absolute zero Lapse rate Wind chill Temperature–humidity index Dew point

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Lev Davidovich Landau

Lev Davidovich Landau

Russian physicist

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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Dutch physicist

James Dewar

Sir James Dewar

British chemist and physicist

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William Francis Giauque

American chemist

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Willem Hendrik Keesom

Dutch physicist

Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi at work in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, c. 1920.

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