@Sodium Fontain Facility |
Pedagogical objectives |
- General : to allow trainees to see liquid sodium
- Specific : to observe liquid sodium physical properties :
* viscosity
* density
* color
* melting point |
Mean |
- 16 liters of pure sodium
- heating device (electricity) : sodium is heated up to 150C
- inerting gas (argon)
- cold trap for sodium purification
- Electromagnetic Pump
- rotating wheel with small pots
- windows for direct observation of flowing sodium |
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