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Experimental study of the properties of alkali metals and alloys in the temperature range 1000–1800°K

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New apparatus for experimental study of the speed of sound and density of alkali metals in the fused state is described. Experimental data on saturated vapor pressure of the sodium-potassium eutectic are presented.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 965–971, December, 1980.

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Grafova, V.V., Mikhailov, N.Y., Novikov, I.I. et al. Experimental study of the properties of alkali metals and alloys in the temperature range 1000–1800°K. Journal of Engineering Physics 39, 1281–1286 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825692

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