DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM provides high accuracy thermodynamic properties for deuterium (Molar mass =4.0282 kg/kmol) using the Fundamental Equation of State, as described by:
Fundamental Equation of State for Deuterium
I.A. Richardson, J.W. Leachman, E.W. Lemmon
J. Phys. Chem Ref. Data, In Press, 2014
Reference State
h = 0 kJ/kg, s = 0 kJ/kg-K for saturated liquid at 1 atm pressure. The reference state can be changed using the $Reference directive.
Range of applicability for equation of state:
18.71 < T < 500 K
0 < P < 2000 MPa
Thermal conductivity data are from:
Vargaftik, N.B., Filippov, L.P, Tarzimanov, A.A., and Totskii, E.E.,
Handbook of Thermal Conductivity of Liquids and Gases
CRC Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8493-9345-0
and from
Yaws, Carl L., ed. Chemical Properties Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. for the liquid phase.
Viscosity data are from:
Yaws, Carl L., ed. Chemical Properties Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
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
The melting pressure curve (valid for temperatures between triple point temperature and 45 K) is determined from:
Fundamental Equation of State for Deuterium
I.A. Richardson, J.W. Leachman, E.W. Lemmon
J. Phys. Chem Ref. Data, In Press, 2014
The sublimation pressure curve (valid for temperatures between 10 K and the triple point temperature) is determined from:
Woolley, H. W., Scott, R. B., and Brickwedde, F. G. (1948).
"Compilation of Thermal Properties of Hydrogen in Its Various Isotopic and Ortho-Para Modifications."
Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 41, 379-475.