HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM.
Abstract
An experimental program is in progress to measure various thermophysical properties of sodium, potassium, cesium, and their vapors. A complete reporting of the preliminary experimental results for potassium (saturation and superheat properties of the vapor, density and specific heat of the liquid) is presented together with a thermodynamic treatment of the data. Two equations of state are advanced, and additional saturation and superheat properties of the vapor are derived from these equations. Engineering properties (enthalpy, entropy, specific volume, and specific heat) and compositional information (weight fraction of dimer, weight fraction of trimer, and average molecular weight) are tabulated for some 800 selected vapor states in the temperature range from 1400 to 2525F and in the pressure range from 0.2 to 28 atm. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0602243
Entities
People
- C. T. Ewing
- D. D. Williams
- E. W. Steinkuller
- J. P. Stone
- J. R. Spann
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory