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The test cells used in the studies of the \(\text {CO}_{2}\) and \(\text {SF}_{6}\) critical point phenomena in microgravity conditions are presented. Some disk-shapped cells correspond to optical observations in transmission or interferometry, while a complex test cell use a specific design that combines transmission and interferometry observations. A blind spherical cell is designed to measure the specific heat at constant volume. These cells also includes (internal and/or external) heaters that exhibit Joule effect- or electrostriction-induced thermal phenomena. All these cells used during the MIR missions and the Space Suttle missions are appropriate for studying the temperature equilibration and the piston effect mechanism during pulse heating, as well as the long time behavior of the relaxation of density inhomogeneities, together with the measurements of the thermal diffusivity coefficient and the isochoric specific heat. More details on the hardware facilities and space missions can be found in the last chapter of appendices part.
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Zappoli, B., Beysens, D., Garrabos, Y. (2015). Quick Overview of Some Test Cells. In: Heat Transfers and Related Effects in Supercritical Fluids. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 108. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9187-8_7
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