ANL small-sample calorimeter system design and operation

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6212861· OSTI ID:6212861

Roche, C T; Perry, R B; Lewis, R N; Jung, E A; Haumann, J R

The Small-Sample Calorimetric System is a portable instrument designed to measure the thermal power produced by radioactive decay of plutonium-containing fuels. The small-sample calorimeter is capable of measuring samples producing power up to 32 milliwatts at a rate of one sample every 20 min. The instrument is contained in two packages: a data-acquisition module consisting of a microprocessor with an 8K-byte nonvolatile memory, and a measurement module consisting of the calorimeter and a sample preheater. The total weight of the system is 18 kg.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6212861
• Report Number(s): ANL-NDA-1; ISPO-13; TRN: 79-007913
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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