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THE usual method of measuring the thermal accommodation coefficient (α)—defined as the ratio of the average energy acquired by a gas molecule rebounding from the solid to the maximum which it could acquire after prolonged contact—has several limitations:
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CARPENTER, L., HUMPHRIES, D. & MAIR, W. Measurement of Thermal Accommodation of Gases on Heated Solids. Nature 199, 164–165 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199164a0
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