Research Article

New RELAP5-3D Lead and LBE Thermophysical Properties Implementation for Safety Analysis of Gen IV Reactors

Table 3

The LBE and Lead critical parameters.

NameLBELead

Critical temperature “” (K)4800 ± 500 K5000 ± 200 K
Critical pressure “” (MPa)160 ± 70 MPa180 ± 30 MPa
Critical density “” (kg m−3)2200 ± 200 kg m−33250 ± 100 kg m−3
Critical compressibility “0.3790 ± 0.23980.2760 ± 0.0655