Report proposes use of carbon/carbon composite radiators in electromagnetic coolant pumps of nuclear reactors on spacecraft. Carbon/carbon composite materials function well at temperatures in excess of 2,200 K. Aluminum has melting temperature of only 880 K.
Heat Radiators for Electromagnetic Pumps
NASA Tech Briefs ; 10 , 5
1986-09-01
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English
NTRS | 1995
|Cascaded-Blackbody Heat Radiators
NTRS | 1987
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1948
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