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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

 

 

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