HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM

Abstract

An experimental program is in progress at this Laboratory to measure various thermophysical properties of sodium, potassium, and their vapors at elevated temperatures. Preliminary results presented in this report cover the following: pressure-volume-temperature data for vapor states of sodium between 960 C (1.9 atm) and 1420 C (25.1 atm); saturated vapor pressure of sodium from 1 to 25 atm; specific heat of saturated liquid sodium from 100 to 1170 C; and equilibrium solubilities of columbium and zirconium in liquid sodium from 802 to 1380 C.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 1963
Accession Number
AD0405673

Entities

People

  • C. T. Ewing
  • J. P. Stone
  • J. R. Spann
  • Roman R. Miller
  • T. A. Kovacina

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Boiling Point
  • Chemistry
  • Containers
  • Enthalpy
  • Equations
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Melting Point
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • Physical Properties
  • Specific Heat
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Readers

  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.