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 Supersolid - Definition 


A supersolid is a spatially ordered superfluid.

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When quantum fluids, like 4He, are cooled below a certain characteristic temperature, they undergo the superfluid transition and enter a state of 0 viscosity. It has been theorised that quantum fluids can undergo a similar transition from the solid phase.

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