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Incipient-boiling superheats for sodium: effects of history, gas content, and approach to boiling

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OSTI ID:4426113
From 4th international seminar on heat and mass transfer in liquid metals; Trojir, Yugoslavia (6 Sep 1971). See CONFExperimental measurements of incipient-boiling superheats with sodium have been conducted with EBR-II primary sodium and no inent cover gas. These tests have shown that a large incipient superheat can result in a boiling surface losing its history; if the pressure- temperature history is applied for at least 20 min prior to the test run, the measured superheats show agreement with the pressure--temperature-history model if a ratio for the receding to advancing radii of curvature of 0.34 is employed; and the incipient-boiling superheat has been shown to be independent of the method of approach to boiling. (auth)
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL
NSA Number:
NSA-29-000297
OSTI ID:
4426113
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English