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INL reports findings on unusual quantum behavior of plutonium
Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory have discovered that plutonium hexaboride (PuB6) displays a type of unusual quantum property called a topological Kondo insulating state. Materials with this property are neither typical electricity conductors nor regular insulators. Rather, they have exterior surfaces that strongly conduct electricity and interiors that block electricity.
VIjay Chatoorgoon, Geoffrey R. Dimmick, Michael B. Carver, William N. Selander, Mamdouh Shoukri
Nuclear Technology | Volume 98 | Number 3 | June 1992 | Pages 366-378
Technical Paper | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT92-A34666
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While subcooled boiling at high pressures has been studied extensively, the phenomenon is, as yet, not sufficiently characterized at low pressures. The application of four methods to predict subcooled boiling void fraction measured in an experiment aimed at separateeffect measurements of subcooled void condensation and generation is discussed. The methods include a simple correlation and a hierarchy of three models, each of which addresses void generation and condensation at a different level of complexity. Comparisons are given between the experimental data and results from each of the prediction methods.