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R. Kandan Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Fuel Chemistry Division, Chemistry Group Kalpakkam 603 102 Tamilnadu India

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Abstract

High plutonium containing hyperstoichiometric mixed carbide fuels are used as driver fuel in the Fast Breeder Test Reactor at Kalpakkam, India. The enthalpy increment of the mixed carbide fuels were measured in the temperature range 1000–1800 K using a high temperature drop calorimeter. The results are presented and compared with the data available in the literature.

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Language English
Size A4
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1969
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ISSN 1388-6150 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2926 (Online)

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