The alkali metals lithium, potassium, and cesium are lused as heat transfer and working fluids in high-performance space-nuclear reactors. the compatibility of these alkali metals with structural alloys has been investigated. for more than a decade in both laboratory- and engineering-scale tests.


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    Title :

    Compatibility of materials with alkali metals for space nuclear power systems


    Contributors:
    Harms, W.O. (author) / Litman, A.P. (author)

    Published in:

    NUCLEAR APPL. ; 5 , 3 ; 156-172


    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    17 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 9 Tabellen, 62 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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