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Title: Departure from nucleate boiling (DNB)
Post by: Rennhack on Nov 23, 2005, 03:29

The point at which the heat transfer from a fuel rod rapidly decreases due to the insulating effect of a steam blanket that forms on the rod surface when the temperature continues to increase.