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A microsecond-resolution pulse-heating technique is described for the measurement of the heat of fusion of refractory metals. The method is based on rapid resistive self-heating of the specimen by a high-current pulse from a capacitor discharge system and measurement of the current through the specimen, the voltage across the specimen, and the radiance temperature of the specimen as a function of time. Melting of the specimen is manifested by a plateau in the temperature versus time function. The time integral of the power absorbed by the specimen during melting yields the heat of fusion. Measurements gave a value of 31.1 kj · mol−1 for the heat of fusion of niobium, with an estimated maximum uncertainty of ±5%. Electrical resistivity of solid and liquid niobium at its melting temperature was also measured.
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Cezairliyan, A., McClure, J.L. A microsecond-resolution transient technique for measuring the heat of fusion of metals: Niobium. Int J Thermophys 8, 577–592 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00503644
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