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Fig. 4: Variation of Young’s modulus of elasticity of Zr2.5Nb pressure tube with temperature as used in FE analysis

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Fig. 5: Variation of coefficient of thermal expansion of Zr2.5Nb pressure tube with temperature as used in FE analysis