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Title: Gallium Safety in the Laboratory

Conference ·
OSTI ID:811932

A university laboratory experiment for the US Department of Energy magnetic fusion research program required a simulant for liquid lithium. The simulant choices were narrowed to liquid gallium and galinstan (Ga-In-Sn) alloy. Safety information on liquid gallium and galinstan were compiled, and the choice was made to use galinstan. A laboratory safety walkthrough was performed in the fall of 2002 to support the galinstan experiment. The experiment has been operating successfully since early 2002.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-99ID13727
OSTI ID:
811932
Report Number(s):
INEEL/CON-03-00078; TRN: US0303237
Resource Relation:
Conference: Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) Safety Analysis Working Group (SAWG) 2003 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (US), 06/21/2003--06/27/2003; Other Information: PBD: 7 May 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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