Author : Marion J. Janicke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Liquid metals
ISBN : UOM:39015078502112
Vapor Cycle Coolant Requirements for Nuclear Space Power Plants by Marion J. Janicke Pdf
Liquid metals are especially suited for reactors with high thermal fluxes and high operating temperatures, because of their high thermal conductivities, low vapor pressures, and relatively high volumetric heat capacities. They are stable at high temperatures and in intense radiation fields. Mercury, rubidium, potassium, and sodium are coolants that vaporize at a temperature within the present state-of-the-art metallurgical limits.