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In the accompanying figure the specific heat (CV) of an ideal Bose-Einstein gas is represented as a function of T/T0 where With m∗=the mass of a He atom and ... X-point of helium resembles ...

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This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions, the latter being the common version of helium.

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