Determination of Specific Heat of Eutectic Indium – Bismuth-Tin Liquid Metal Alloys as a Test Material for Liquid Metal - Cooled Applications

Currently, Russia, India, China, France, South Korea, and Japan are actively pursuing liquid metal cooled applications such as liquid cooled metal nuclear reactor concepts. The liquid metal coolants being considered for these designs are sodium, lead and lead-bismuth eutectic; these designs utilize reactive and toxic materials at temperatures up to 1073 K for nuclear power plant operations and other similar applications. To simulate these …