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Several experimental devices are used to measure the density, surface tension, viscosity, and heat capacity of barium, calcium, and cesium from their melting points to 1800°K. Measurement methods are described and results presented.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 972–979, December, 1980.
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Shpil'rain, é.é., Kagan, D.N., Fomin, V.A. et al. General study of the thermophysical properties of alkaline earth metals. Journal of Engineering Physics 39, 1286–1291 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825693
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825693