Abstract
Compact and precise equations are obtained for the saturation curves of normal and heavy water.
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Abbreviations
- p:
-
saturated vapor pressure
- pc :
-
critical pressure
- T:
-
absolute temperature
- Tc :
-
critical temperature
- Θ=T/Tc :
-
dimensionless temperature
- τ=1 − Θ; r:
-
heat of vaporization
- c 0p :
-
isobaric heat capacity of vapor in ideal gas state
- c′s :
-
liquid heat capacity along saturation curve
- v:
-
specific volume of vapor
- a i :
-
coefficients of Eq. (1)
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 894–897, May, 1981.
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Aleksandrov, A.A., Ershova, Z.A. Saturation curve equations for normal and heavy water. Journal of Engineering Physics 40, 555–557 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00822125
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