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An experimental investigation of the density and thermal expansion of advanced materials and heat-transfer agents of liquid-metal systems of fusion reactor: Lead-lithium eutectic

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The method of penetrating gamma-rays is used to measure the density of eutectic alloy of the Pb-Li system in the condensed state in the temperature range from 360 to 880 K. The confidence error of the experimental results is 0.4% and 0.3% for the solid and liquid phases, respectively. The experimental results for the density of lead-lithium eutectic are used to calculate the thermal expansion in the investigated temperature range. The investigation results are compared with the available literature data on the thermal properties of Pb-Li eutectic in the solid and liquid phases.

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  2. Joint Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences (IVTAN), Moscow, 125412, Russia

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Translated from Teplofizika Vysokikh Temperatur, Vol. 44, No. 6, 2006, pp. 838–846.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2006 by S. V. Stankus, R. A. Khairulin, and A. G. Mozgovoi.

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Stankus, S.V., Khairulin, R.A. & Mozgovoi, A.G. An experimental investigation of the density and thermal expansion of advanced materials and heat-transfer agents of liquid-metal systems of fusion reactor: Lead-lithium eutectic. High Temp 44, 829–837 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10740-006-0100-5

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