Thermophysical Properties: Lithium
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Lithium, Li, Molecular Mass: 6.9, (Tsat = 1615 K; Tm = 453.7 K) T Temp. K pv saturation pressure (102 Pa) latent heat (kJ/kg) ρℓ liquid density (kg/m³) ρv vapor density (10-3 kg/m³) μℓ liquid viscosity (10-4 N-s/m²) μv vapor viscosity (10-8 N-s/m²) kℓ liquid thermal conductivity (W/m-K) kv vapor thermal conductivitya (W/m-K) σ liquid surface tension (10-3 N/m) cp,ℓ liquid specific heat a (kJ/kg-K) cp,v vapor specific heat a (kJ/kg-K) 900 0.1256 21712 472.8 0.012 2.784 890.1 52.75 335.8 4.16 6.956 1000 0.9680 21400 462.6 0.085 2.472 975.2 55.10 321.8 4.16 8.171 1100 5.1200 21000 452.4 0.415 2.252 1055.0 57.42 0.120 307.8 4.15 9.114 1200 20.5000 20740 442.2 1.540 2.072 1128.0 59.62 0.138 293.8 4.14 9.723 1300 65.8600 20380 432.0 4.650 1.922 1213.0 61.94 0.156 279.8 4.16 10.019 1400 179.4000 20020 421.7 11.960 1.795 1289.0 64.00 0.172 266.0 4.19 10.049 1500 426.5000 19670 411.5 26.900 1.685 1368.0 66.50 0.183 252.0 4.20 9.891 1600 908.4000 19330 401.3 54.610 1.590 1442.0 68.50 0.192 238.0 4.23 9.611 1700 1769.3000 18990 391.1 101.500 1.506 1518.0 71.00 0.198 226.0 4.25 9.259 1800 3190.0000 18670 380.9 175.100 1.432 1587.0 73.00 0.202 212.0 4.27 8.871 1900 5397.0000 18370 370.0 283.900 1.380 1666.0 75.50 0.207 198.0 4.30 8.481 2000 8640.4000 18080 360.0 436.300 1.300 1746.0 77.00 0.209 182.0 4.32 8.098
Propertya Temp. α0 α1 α2 α3 α4 α5 Error(%) pv (102Pa) 900–2000 K -65.397 1.5599-1b -1.5201-4 8.1778-8 -2.3065-11 2.6663-15 0.79 hlv (kJ/kg) 900–2000 K 10.701 -2.3108-3 3.1400-6 -2.2140-9 7.5364-13 -9.9447-17 0.09 ρℓ (kg/m³) 900–2000 K 6.0669 8.3105-4 -1.5042-6 1.0686-9 -3.7709-13 5.1832-17 0.02 ρv (10-3kg/m³) 900–2000 K -68.241 1.6057-1 -1.6084-4 8.8500-8 -2.5450-11 2.9917-15 0.30 μℓ (10-4Ns/m²) 900–2000 K 9.4544 -2.7505-2 3.6732-5 -2.5268-8 8.6852-12 -1.1841-15 0.16 μv (10-8 Ns/m²) 900–2000 K 2.8973 1.1891-2 -1.5340-5 1.0624-8 -3.7032-12 5.1272-16 0.13 kℓ (W/m-K) 900–2000 K 4.2556 -2.5537-3 5.0480-6 -4.0821-9 1.5784-12 -2.3730-16 0.12 kv (W/m-K) 1100–2000 K 20.694 -8.4269-2 1.1754-4 -7.8416-8 2.5440-11 -3.2371-15 0.52 σ (10-3 N/m) 900–2000 K 7.8595 -7.2138-3 1.0848-5 -8.4472-9 3.2074-12 -4.7997-16 0.11 cp,ℓ (kJ/kg-K) 900–2000 K 1.4122-1 5.1039-3 -7.8268-6 5.7796-9 -2.0587-12 2.8515-16 0.01 cp,v (kJ/kg-K) 900–2000 K -3.7092 1.2156-2 -8.1715-6 1.6862-9 2.3686-13 -9.6999-17 0.04
Polynomial function: ln(Property) = α0 + α1T + α2T2 + α3T3 + α4T4 + α5T5
References
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