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http://dx.doi.org/10.5516/NET.2009.41.7.979

NEUTRON-INDUCED CAVITATION TENSION METASTABLE PRESSURE THRESHOLDS OF LIQUID MIXTURES  

Xu, Y. (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University)
Webster, J.A. (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University)
Lapinskas, J. (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University)
Taleyarkhan, R.P. (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.41, no.7, 2009 , pp. 979-988 More about this Journal
Abstract
Tensioned metastable fluids provide a powerful means for low-cost, efficient detection of a wide range of nuclear particles with spectroscopic capabilities. Past work in this field has relied on one-component liquids. Pure liquids may provide very good detection capability in some aspects, such as low thresholds or large radiation interaction cross sections, but it is rare to find a liquid that is a perfect candidate on both counts. It was hypothesized that liquid mixtures could offer optimal benefits and present more options for advancement. However, not much is known about radiation-induced thermal-hydraulics involving destabilization of mixtures of tensioned metastable fluids. This paper presents results of experiments that assess key thermophysical properties of liquid mixtures governing fast neutron radiation-induced cavitation in liquid mixtures. Experiments were conducted by placing liquid mixtures of various proportions in tension metastable states using Purdue's centrifugally-tensioned metastable fluid detector (CTMFD) apparatus. Liquids chosen for this study covered a good representation of both thermal and fast neutron interaction cross sections, a range of cavitation onset thresholds and a range of thermophysical properties. Experiments were devised to measure the effective liquid mixture viscosity and surface tension. Neutron-induced tension metastability thresholds were found to vary non-linearly with mixture concentration; these thresholds varied linearly with surface tension and inversely with mixture vapor pressure (on a semi-log scale), and no visible trend with mixture viscosity nor with latent heat of vaporization.
Keywords
Neutron-Induced Cavitation; Tensioned Metastable Pressure Threshold; Liquid Mixtures;
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