Deuterium Transport Properties

Tables 2,3, and 4 outline many of the physical and thermodynamic properties ofpara- and normal hydrogen in the sohd, hquid, and gaseous states, respectively. Extensive tabulations of all the thermodynamic and transport properties hsted in these tables from the triple point to 3000 K and at 0.01—100 MPa (1—14,500 psi) are available (5,39). Additional properties, including accommodation coefficients, thermal diffusivity, virial coefficients, index of refraction, Joule-Thorns on coefficients, Prandti numbers, vapor pressures, infrared absorption, and heat transfer and thermal transpiration parameters are also available (5,40). Thermodynamic properties for hydrogen at 300—20,000 K and 10 Pa to 10.4 MPa (lO " -103 atm) (41) and transport properties at 1,000—30,000 K and 0.1—3.0 MPa (1—30 atm) (42) have been compiled. Enthalpy—entropy tabulations for hydrogen over the range 3—100,000 K and 0.001—101.3 MPa (0.01—1000 atm) have been made (43). Many physical properties for the other isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium) have also been compiled (44).

Many of the thermodynamic and transport properties of liquid water can be qualitatively understood if attention is focused on the statistical properties of the hydrogen bond network [9]. As an example, let us observe the temperature dependence of density and entropy. As temperature decreases, the number of intact bonds increases and the coordination number is closer to the ideal value 4. Because of the large free volume available the temperature decrease is associated with an increase of the local molecular volume. This effect superimposes of course to the classical anharmonic effects which dominate at high temperature, when the number of intact bonds is smaller. The consequence of both effects is a maximum on the temperature dependence of the liquid density. This maximum is actually at 4°C for normal water and 11 °C for heavy water. Such a large isotopic effect can also be understood because the larger mass of the deuterium makes the hydrogen bonds more stable. 

Tabulated data of good accuracy (say better than 0.1%) for some or all of Vm. P and Z are available in a wide range of pressures and temperatures for protium and, to a lesser extent, deuterium. A comprehensive tabulated source is Vargaftik (1975). Other sources are discussed by Hemmes et al. (1986). The most recent, most comprehensive and generally most accurate source is contained in the commercially available National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties database (REFPROP, URLhttp //www.nist.gov/srd/nist23.htm), in which are embedded advanced equations of state for protium (Jacobsen et al., 2007) and deuterium (McCarty, 1989). 

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