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What are the desirable properties that a good coolant should possess?
written 7.6 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k •   modified 7.6 years ago

Subject : Power Plant Engineering

Topic: Chap 5- Nuclear Power Plants

Difficulty: Medium
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written 7.6 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

Following are the properties:-

  1. It must not absorb the neutrons.
  2. It must have high chemical and radiation stability
  3. It must be non-corrosive.
  4. It must have high boiling point (if liquid) and low melting point (if solid)
  5. It must be non-oxidising and non-toxic.
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