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Liquid-Hydrogen Explosions in Closed Vessels

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Advances in Cryogenic Engineering

Part of the book series: Advances in Cryogenic Engineering ((ACRE,volume 9))

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Liquid-hydrogen/solid-air explosions have been carried out In a closed volume to assess the possible hazards of an explosion In an in-pile nuclear experiment. At A.E.R.E. Harwell there are a number of current and prospective nuclear-physics experiments that use chambers adjacent to the reactor core, filled with liquid hydrogen in order to moderate the reactor neutron flux and produce collimated beams of low-energy neutrons. These moderator chambers are generally surrounded by a vacuum tube of up to 7 ft in length and 4 to 12 in. in diameter.

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Ward, D.L., Pearee, D.G., Merrett, D.J. (1964). Liquid-Hydrogen Explosions in Closed Vessels. In: Timmerhaus, K.D. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0525-6_46

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