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F. Hensel, G.F. Hohl, D. Schaumlöffel, W.-C. Pilgrim, Ernst Ulrich Franck

Empirical Regularities in the Behaviour of the Critical Constants of Fluid Alkali Metals

We report new measurements of the densities of the coexisting liquid and vapour phases of the alkali metals K and Na. Comparison of the coexistence curve of K with those of Cs and Rb in reduced form shows that the alkali metals behave very similarly close to the critical temperatures. The experimental values of the critical constants T_c, p_c and V_c comply with the empirical relationships T_cVⁿ_c = constant and p = constant. T^m_c with n = 0.31 and m = 3.9.

Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0942-9352
Volume: 214, 06/2000
Pages: 823

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