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The density and the thermal expansion of liquid lithium–lead alloys with Pb content of 83.0 and 84.3 at. % was measured using gamma-ray attenuation technique over the temperature range from liquidus to 1000 K. The density change during solid–liquid phase transition was directly measured for the first time for Li15.7Pb84.3 alloy. A comparison of the obtained results with literature data has been carried out.
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The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 15-08-00275_a).
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Abdullaev, R.N., Agazhanov, A.S., Khairulin, R.A. et al. Volumetric properties of near-eutectic liquid Li–Pb alloys. Thermophys. Aeromech. 23, 247–253 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864316010116
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