Abstract
The radial temperature distribution of plutonium and uranium mixed oxide powder loaded into a cylindrical vessel was measured in air and argon gas, and the effective thermal conductivity was calculated from the measured temperature distribution and the decay heat. The effective thermal conductivities were small values of 0.061–0.13 W m –1 K –1 at about 318 K, and changed significantly with O/M, bulk density and atmospheric gas. The results in this work were analyzed by the model of Hamilton and Crosser and a new model for the effective thermal conductivity of the powder was derived as functions of powder properties and thermal conductivity of atmospheric gas.
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