Documentation of the engineering properties of cesium and potassium
Abstract
A set of engineering properties of cesium and potassium is documented for use in the alkali metal topping cycle study. The thermodynamic properties, necessary for the general cycle calculation, were obtained. The transport properties of cesium and potassium, which were documented by selecting the recommended data of various investigators, were valuable in heat transfer and fluid flow considerations. Preliminary analysis of the topping cycle turbine also required knowledge of the vapor sonic velocity. Values for frozen and equilibrium sonic velocity were calculated and reported.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7825268G
- Keywords:
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- Alkali Metals;
- Cesium;
- Chemical Engineering;
- Potassium;
- Fluid Flow;
- Heat Transfer;
- Thermodynamic Properties;
- Topping Cycle Engines;
- Transport Properties;
- Engineering (General)