Title

Properties Of Inorganic Energy-conversion And Heat-transfer Fluids For Space Applications

Date

1961

Index Abstract

Contrails only

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

WADD TR 61-96

Creator

Weatherford, W. D., Jr.

Ku, P. M.

Tyler, John C.

Corporate Author

Southwest Research Institute

Laboratory

Directorate of Materials and Processes

Extent

481

Identifier

AD0267541

AD0267541

Access Rights

Notice(s)

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(616)-7206

DoD Project

7381

DoD Task

73812

DTIC Record Exists

Yes

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Date Modified

Scanned by request 3/4/2008 by a Private Citizen (No Known Affiliation)

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1961-11

Abstract

This report is a complete revision of WADC TR 59-598. It is intended to serve as a properties handbook for various inorganic fluids which may have potential value as energy-conversion or heat-transfer fluids for space applications. The fluids are presented as three distinct classes - namely, liquid metals, nonmetals, and gases. The liquid metals include mercury, cesium, rubidium, potassium, NaK(78), sodium, lithium, bismuth, and lead. The nonmetals include aluminum bromide, sulfur, and lithium hydride. The gases include argon, helium, and hydrogen.

Data are presented, where available, up to temperatures ranging from 2300°F for mercury to 4500°F for lead, and for pressures ranging from less than one atmosphere to greater than twenty atmospheres. The enumerated properties include vapor pressure, density, viscosity,, surface tension, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, specific heat, latent heats, enthalpy-entropy relationships, melting point, critical properties, dielectric constant, ionization potential, magnetic susceptibility, thermal neutron cross sections, and corrosion characteristics.

The characteristics of the various fluids are discussed, and the recommended values for the fluid properties are presented in either tabular or graphical form, or both, with detailed documentation as to basis an source. In addition, background material, including thermodynamic-cycle, heat-transfer, compatibility, and working fluid considerations is discussed. A summary of current research activities in this field is presented.

Publisher

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States

Distribution Conflict

No

Provenance

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control

Type

report

Subject

Magnetic Properties

Physical Properties

Thermodynamics

Heat Transfer

Power Supplies

Spacecraft

Artificial Satellites

Hydrides

Aluminum Compounds

Corrosion

Compatibility

Sodium

Cesium

Hydrogen

Gases

Propulsion Systems

Transport Properties

Energy Conversion

Thermal Conductivity

Mercury

Tables (Data)

Fluids

Coolants

Helium

Electrical Resistance

Sulfur

Handbooks

Argon

Bromides

Landing Impac

Potassium

Inorganic Compounds

Lithium Compounds

Potassium Compounds

Bismuth

Liquid Metals

Rubidium

Lead (Metal)

Sodium Compounds

Format

1 online resource