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HELIUM

 

Helium provides thermodynamic properties for normal fluid (not superfluid) Helium using the fundamental equation of state developed by Ortiz Vega:

 

Diego Orlando Ortiz Vega

A New Wide Range Equation of State for Helium-4

PhD Thesis, Chemical Engineering

Texas A&M University, August 2013

https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/151301

 

There are a few typographical errors in this work that should be noted.  The sign for h and b in Eqn (75) should be positive, not negative as displayed when used with the coefficients in Table 4.  Coefficient N4 in Equation (109) should also be positive.  Coefficients s0/R and h0/(RT0) need to be adjusted to provide the desired reference state.

 

The specific enthalpy and entropy values provided by the equation of state are referenced to 0 for saturated liquid at the normal boiling point (4.23 K).

 

The equation of state is valid for temperatures between the lower l-point temperature (2.172 K) and 1500 K for pressures up to 2000 MPa.

 

Viscosity data:

 Arp, V.D., McCarty, R.D., and Friend, D.G., "Thermophysical Properties of Helium-4 from 0.8 to 1500 K with Pressures to 2000 MPa,"   NIST Technical Note 1334, Boulder, CO 1998.

 

Thermal Conductivity Data:

Hands, B.A. and Arp, V.D.,"A Correlation of Thermal Conductivity Data for Helium,"  Cryogenics, 21(12):697-703, 1981.

 

Surface tension data are provided using the information in:

Mulero, A., Cachadina, I, and Parra, M.

"Recommended Correlations for the Surface Tension of Common Fluids"

J.Phys. Chem Ref. Data, Vol. 41, No.4, 2012

 

 

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