Thermophysical Properties: Mercury
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Mercury, Hg, Molecular Mass: 200.6, (Tsat= 630.1 K; Tm = 234.3 K) T Temp. K pv saturation pressure (105 Pa) hlv latent heat (kJ/kg) ρℓ liquid density (kg/m³) ρv vapor density (kg/m³) μℓ liquid viscosity (10-3 N-s/m²) μv vapor viscosity (10-7 N-s/m²) kℓ liquid thermal conductivity (W/m-K) kv vapor thermal conductivitya (W/m-K) σ liquid surface tension (N/m) cp,ℓ liquid specific heat a (kJ/kg-K) cp,v vapor specific heat a (kJ/kg-K) 100 0.0003745 303.317 13351.42 0.00242 1.241 360 9.475 0.4600 0.1371 1.04 200 0.02315 300.056 13111.97 0.11800 1.039 464 10.64 0.4360 0.1355 1.04 300 0.33015 296.824 12873.50 1.39100 0.926 562 11.69 0.0043 0.4050 0.1353 1.04 400 2.10240 293.314 12632.60 7.57200 0.853 662 12.60 0.0058 0.3770 0.1364 1.04 500 8.2220 289.116 12386.00 26.00000 0.804 762 13.39 0.0073 0.3290 0.1389 1.04 600 23.46000 283.769 12130.00 66.66000 0.767 862 14.04 0.0090 0.2989 0.1427 1.04 700 54.03000 276.845 11863.00 140.75000 0.739 961 14.58 0.0107 0.2687 0.1478 1.04
Propertya Temp. α0 α1 α2 α3 α4 α5 Error(%) pv (105Pa) 100–700 K -14.575 8.4718-2 -2.0927-4 3.3495-7 -2.9993-10 1.1264-13 0.15 hlv (kJ/kg) 100–700 K 5.7260 -1.1371-4 6.3434-9 1.3279-10 -4.0224-13 1.4867-16 0.01 ρℓ (kg/m³) 100–700 K 9.5173 -1.7845-4 -1.2298-8 4.1107-11 -1.2592-13 6.5094-17 0.01 ρv (kg/m³) 100–700 K -12.403 8.1209-2 -2.0418-4 3.2816-7 -2.9379-10 1.1027-13 0.13 μℓ (10-3Ns/m²) 100–700 K 4.9966-1 -3.5741-3 8.5984-6 -1.3495-8 1.1914-11 -4.4337-15 0.03 μv (10-7 Ns/m²) 100–700 K 5.5053 4.7804-3 -1.1839-5 2.3678-8 -2.5687-11 1.1088-14 0.04 kℓ (W/m-K) 100–700 K 2.1052 1.5928-3 -1.6980-6 1.2601-9 -7.9198-13 2.9427-16 0.01 kv (W/m-K) 300–700 K -8.2112 1.8371-2 -4.5018-5 5.6262-8 -2.6760-11 0.0 0.01 σ (N/m) 100–700 K -6.1123-1 -2.8045-3 1.5740-5 -4.7357-8 6.0220-11 -2.7769-14 0.58 cp,ℓ (kJ/kg-K) 100–700 K -1.9647 -2.7998-4 5.8783-7 -2.6558-10 4.0363-13 -2.6814-16 0.01 cp,v (kJ/kg-K) 100–700 K 3.9221-2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00
Polynomial function: ln(Property) = α0 + α1T + α2T2 + α3T3 + α4T4 + α5T5
References
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