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Measurements of temperature and density during a wire-explosion experiment at atmospheric pressure are described. The measurements encompass a parameter range from the solid to near the critical point. The influence of a polytetrafluoroethylene coating of the wire, necessary to prevent surface discharges, on the temperature and density measurements is investigated. The melting curve of tungsten up to 4000 K is detemined.
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Kloss, A., Hess, H., Schneidenbach, H. et al. Scanning the Melting Curve of Tungsten by a Submicrosecond Wire-Explosion Experiment. International Journal of Thermophysics 20, 1199–1209 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022671307776
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