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Material Properties of Sodium (Na)

The consistent equations for the thermodynamic and transport properties of saturated sodium given in the paper "A Consistent Assessment of the Thermophysical Properties of Sodium" by J. K. Fink and L. Leibowitz,, High Temperature and Materials Science Vol. 35, 65-103 (1996) are recommended. Additional details of the comprehensive literature review and assessment by J. K. Fink and L. Leibowitz are given in their Argonne National Laboratory Report "Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Sodium Liquid and Vapor" ANL/RE-95/2 (January 1995). Reprints of the paper are available from jkfink@anl.gov.

The entire Argonne National Laboratory Report "Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Sodium Liquid and Vapor" ANL/RE-95/2 is now available in PDF format.

The links in the following lists are pointing to the individual chapters of the above report, available in smaller PDF files for your convenience. The Titlepage, Table of Contents, and Abstract as well as the Introduction and the Acknowledgements are available as separate files. To reproduce the entire report, use the link in the paragraph above.

Thermodynamic Properties

• Enthalpy and Heat Capacity (Liquid and Vapor)
• Vapor Pressure, Boiling Point and Enthalpy of Vaporization
• Density and Thermal Expansion (Liquid and Vapor)
• Adiabatic and Isothermal Compressibility (Liquid and Vapor)
  Speed of Sound (Liquid)
• Critical Parameters
• Surface Tension (Liquid)

Transport Properties

• Thermal Conductivity (Liquid)
• Viscosity (Liquid)