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helium II

[′hē·lē·əm ′tü]
(cryogenics)
The phase of liquid helium-4 which is stable at temperatures between absolute zero and the lambda point (about 2.2 K), and has many remarkable properties such as vanishing viscosity, extremely high heat conductivity, and the fountain effect.
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