Kapitza resistance

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English

Etymology

For Pyotr Kapitsa Russian physicist

Noun

Kapitza resistance

1. ((physics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) a resistance to the flow of heat across the interface between liquid helium and a solid that produces a temperature discontinuity