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EQUATION OF STATE AND THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HELIUM-3

Published

Author(s)

Yonghua Huang, G.B. Chen, V. Arp, Ray Radebaugh

Abstract

Experimental data of the thermophysical properties of 3He were mined into a searchable database. Equilibrium equations along the vapor-liquid and liquid-solid lines were proposed. A general equation of state for normal fluid 3He based on the Debye specific heat model was developed. Calculations by the Debye fluid 3He state equation differ from the reference experimental data generally within +/-1% for the p-v-T, +/-0.9% for the specific heat and +/-1% for the velocity of sound. A graphical computer program was developed to simplify the calculation of 3He properties in a wide range for temperature from 0.01 K to 300 K and pressures up to 15 MPa. 3He T-s and p-h diagrams were plotted.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the ICEC
Volume
CR06-379
Conference Dates
July 17-21, 2006
Conference Location
Prague, Czech Republic, US
Conference Title
Invited Paper presented on the 21th International Cryogenic Engineering Conference (ICEC-21), July 17-July 21, 2006

Keywords

3He, equation of state, thermophysical properties

Citation

Huang, Y. , Chen, G. , Arp, V. and Radebaugh, R. (2007), EQUATION OF STATE AND THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HELIUM-3, Proceedings of the ICEC, Prague, Czech Republic, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50419 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created April 2, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021