Thermophysical properties of zirconium measured using electrostatic levitation

Paul-Francois Paradis; Won-Kyu Rhim

doi:10.1117/12.351289

6 July 1999 Thermophysical properties of zirconium measured using electrostatic levitation

Paul-Francois Paradis, Won-Kyu Rhim

Proceedings Volume 3792, Materials Research in Low Gravity II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.351289
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Six thermophysical properties of both the solid and liquid zirconium measured using the high-temperature electrostatic levitator at JPL are presented. These properties, are: density, thermal expansion coefficient, constant pressure heat capacity, hemispherical total emissivity, surface tension and viscosity. For the first time, we report the densities and the thermal expansion coefficients of both the solid as well as liquid Zr over wide ranges of temperatures. Over the 1700-2300 K temperature span, the liquid density can be expressed as ρ_l(T)=6.24 x 10³ - 0.29 (T - T_m) kg/m³ with T_m=2128 K, and the corresponding volume expansion coefficient as αl = 4.6 x 10^-5/K. Similarly, over the 1250-2100 K range, the measured density of the solid can be expressed as ρ_s(T)=6.34 x 10³ - 0.15(T - T_m), giving a volume expansion coefficient α_s = 2.35 x 10^-5/K. The constant pressure heat capacity of the liquid phase could be estimated as C_pl(T) = 39.72 - 7.42 x 10^-3(T - T_m) J/mol/K if the hemispherical total emissivity of the liquid phase ε_Tl remains constant at 0.3 over the 1825 - 2200 K range. Over the 1400 - 2100 K temperature span, the hemispherical total emissivity of the solid phase could be rendered as ε_Ts(T) = 0.29 - 9.91 x 10³ (T - T_m). The measured surface tension and the viscosity of the molten zirconium over the 1850 - 2200 K range can be expressed as σ(T) = 1.459 x 10³ - 0.244 (T - T_m) mN/m and as η(T) = 4.83 - 5.31 x 10^-3(T - T_m) mPa.s, respectively.

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Paul-Francois Paradis and Won-Kyu Rhim "Thermophysical properties of zirconium measured using electrostatic levitation", Proc. SPIE 3792, Materials Research in Low Gravity II, (6 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.351289

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