Thermophysical properties of the working media and heat transfer agents in modern power engineering

The papers presented in this volume focus on the thermophysical properties of working media and heat transfer agents with emphasis on alkali metals in both liquid and gas states. Topics discussed include the thermal properties of potassium and rubidium vapors at high state parameters; thermodynamic properties of lithium vapors in the temperature range 1700-3000 K at pressures of 0.1-10 MPa; tables of thermodynamic properties of liquid cesium, rubidium, and potassium; and results of an experimental study of the viscosity of lithium, sodium, rubidium, and cesium in the gas phase at temperatures up to 2000 K. Attention is also given to the heat conductivity of lithium vapor, results of calculations of the viscosity and heat conductivity of vapors of binary eutectics of alkali metals, and an automated stand for measuring the temperature dependence of the heat conductivity of gases over a wide temperature range.