Publication Type Journal Article
Title Vapor pressure and related thermodynamic properties of Ar-36
Authors J. Calado FA Dias José Nuno Canongia Lopes LPN Rebelo
Groups MET FM
Journal JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Year 2000
Month September
Volume 104
Number 36
Pages 8735-8742
Abstract The Ar-36-Ar-40 vapor pressure isotope effect in the liquid and solid phases has been experimentally determined at about 100 temperatures between 83 and 97 K using a high-accuracy double-differential manometric technique. Differences between the vapor pressure of a highly enriched sample of Ar-36 and that of natural argon were measured simultaneously with the absolute vapor pressure of natural argon. Absolute and differential vapor pressure measurements show an estimated accuracy of 0.15\% and 0.001\%, respectively, with respect to the absolute vapor pressure of argon. Data were obtained in both the solid and liquid regions. The vapor pressure of Ar-36 is always higher than that of Ar-40 by about 0.5\%. Triple-point temperatures and pressures were also measured for both isotopes. All data compare favorably with previous results reported in the literature and are nicely interpreted within the framework of Bigeleisen s theory of isotope effects. Using a large temperature extrapolation of our data, liquid-vapor isotope fractionation factors were successfully inferred from the vapor pressure measurements; the estimated values agree with the experimental ones up to close to the critical point. The isotopic difference in the molar enthalpies of vaporization and sublimation was also calculated from the vapor pressure data. Additionally, molar volume and second virial coefficient isotope effects are estimated using several different theoretical approaches.
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0006936
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Publisher AMER CHEMICAL SOC
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ISSN 1520-6106
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Bibtex ID ISI:000089268000014
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