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The cri t ical temperat ures, press ures, and vo lumes of H 2 , HD, a nd Dz have bee n deter-
mi ned by m easurin g shor t sections of P- F isot herm s in t he ne ighborhood of t he cri t ical
poin ts. T he H 2 a nd Dz sa mpl es wer e ca taly zed to or tho-para equilibrium at 20.4 K and
a re des ignated e-H z a nd e-D.. Fo r e- H z t he values found a re T , = 3 2.9 94 o K, P , = 12. 770
atm a nd 1', = 65. 5 cm 3 mole-I. Fo r HD the corresponding valu es a re 35.908 K , 14.6 45 at m,
and' 62.8 cm 3 mole- I; for e-Dz t he values a re 38. 26Zo K , 16. 282 atm, an cl 60. 3 cm3 m ole- I.
A m et hod of correlat in g isotherm data fo r different s ubstances, based on t he use of g rap hs of
log P " ers us log Y, is desc ri bed.
Obser- T P O b ser- T P T P
T P V vaUDn (uH ad- (u nad V
vation (unad- (unad- (adj u sted ) (adj u sted) (adj usted) (adj us ted)
numbp,r justed) justed) nmnbcr j ustcd) justed)
------ ---
J<: cm:J 7nole- 1
r:.r'
OJ{ OJ{ 1nmHg cm3 mole- l o mm H g 0 ](
mmHg
18.6a 32.8935 96.14.4 9653.7 52. 07 3.16b 35.033 9844 59. 48
18.6b 32.8933 9579.8 9579.4 55.24 3.16e :15.033 984 1 984 1 63.60
32.8933 9566.8 9566.4 58.61 3. 16a 35.033 984 1 35. 033 984 1 68. 10
18.6c
19. 1g 32.8936 9564. 4 9563.6 60.69 3.16d 35. 034 9843 (TI T ,~ O. 97563 ) 9842 73.2:3 II
18. 6d 32. 8932 9566.1 9565.8 62.50 3.16e 35.034 984 1 9840 8 1. 75
19. 4h 32.8897 9556. 0 32.893 9560.6 62.86 / .,
32.8943 956 1. 1 ( 1'I 1' , ~O.
99694) 9559.7 66.09 5.2h 35. 7499 10889 10888 57.76
19. 4i 60.91
18. Be 32. 8933 9565.9 9565. 5 66.95 5.2g 35. 7494 10886 10885
19. 4j 32.8938 9560.8 9559. 7 70. 23 5.21 35.7494 10889 10888 64. J2
18.61 32.8933 9566.0 9565.6 7t. 84 5.2d 35.7<186 10387 :l5.749 10888 67.68
9558.2 9557.4 76.81 5.2e 35.7496 10885 (1'I T ,~ O.99557) 10884 67.84
19.4k 32.8936
i
19.41 32.8936 9554. 6 9553. 8 80.55 5. 2e 35.7487 10886 10886 72.1 1
5. 2b 35.7486 10880 10881 75.72
33. 0455 9925. 1 9924.4 52.20 5.2a 35.7491 10860 10860 82.59
18. 5a
18. 5b 33.0463 9837. 0 9835.1 55.35
19. 3h 33.0453 9815.2 9814.8 56.58 5.3a 35.8798 !J095 57.83 I
58.87 5.3b 35.8796 11091 11092 61. 04
18.5c 33.0455 9799. 7 979U.0 Uoo' 64.68
~
19. 3i 33.0453 9784.2 9783.8 61. 95 5.3c :35.8798 11089 35.880 11089
9786.7 33. 045 9785.6 62.79 5.3d 35.8796 11 091 ( TI T ,~ O. 99922) 11092 69.36
18.5d 33.0458 74. 15
18. 5g 33.0452 9782.5 (TI 1' ,~ l. (0155 ) 9782. 2 65. 12 5.3e 35. 8795 11078 11079
18.5e 33.0457 9778.8 9777. 8 67.44 5.3f 35.8795 11056 !J 057 78.75
J9.3j 33.0453 9774. 5 9774. 1 67.49 5.3g 35.8793 11021 11022 82.68
19.3k 33. 0453 9768.7 9768. 3 71. 47
33. 0460 9769.3 9767.9 72.70 3.17d 36.022 11 3 19 59.86
18. 5f 11 32 1
1 11:l08 63.22
19. 31 33.0456 9756. 3 9755. 4 76.09 3. 17e 36.02:3 11 308 :36.023
19.3m 33. 0456 973 1. 6 9730.7 81.17 3. 17c 36.023 11298 ( T!7' , ~ I.
00320) 11298 66.89
3. 17b 36.023 11257 11257 75.71
17. 5e 33.2935 10733 10732 48. 76 3.17a 36.023 11132 II J32 86.76
16. 12a 33.2933 10755 10755 048.77
19.2q 33.2928 1041i 10417 52. 21 4. lO b 36.250 11 715 117 15 57.88
18.41 33.2963 10390 10385 52.26 4.lOc 36.25 1 11684 11682 60.84
17. 5f 33.2933 10334 10334 53. 49 4. lOa 36.25 1 !J 648 11 646 65. 15
10324 10324 53. 50 4. JOd 36.250 11 626 3(;.250 ]]626 67.87
16. 12b 33.2928 70.6 1
10244 10244 56.04 4. We 36.250 11603 (7'I T ,~ I.00952) 11 603
18.4m 33.2931
19.2r 33. 2928 10238 10238 56.52 4. 101 36.249 115(15 11567 74.39
16. 12e 33.2944 10193 10 191 58.99 4. 109 36.249 11508 11 510 79.05
l Oi n 10 178 60.24 4.1011 36.249 11427 11429 84.35
19. 28 33.2925
18. 4n 33 . 2935 IOJ75 33.293 J JOl74 60.4 7
19.2t 33. 2925 IOJ36 ( 1'I T ,~ 1.
00906) 10 137 64.97
16. 12d 33.2939 10136 10 135 a 65. 63
18.40 33.2925 10133 10 134 65.74
17.5g 33.2942 10105 10 103 b 70.68 volume of th e cry osta t was determined by no ting th e
18.4 p 33. 2931 10091 10091 72. 40 pressure, first with all volumes a t room temperat ure,
19.2u 33.2925 10076 10077 74. 47
17. 5h 33.2935 10055 1005<1 b 77..\6 and again af ter cooling th e cryosta t with liquid air ,
19.2, 33. 2922 10008 10009 82.38
17.5i 33.2967 9963 9958 b86. 28 and applying eq 1 to th e r esul ts . The volume was
9797 96. 60
17.5j
17.5k
33. 2938
33. 2938
9798
9543 9542 b
b
108.67 found to b e 5.88 cm 3
Once th e volum es were known, th e number of
a. b No measurements of m ass of material were made correspond ing to the two moles of gas confin ed could b e determined from any
grou ps 01 observations marked respectively by a and b. Masses were determined
as descr ibed in tbe text, from t he su pe rposition of gra pbs. set of pressure and temperature read ings, provided
none of th e sample was condensed . Norm ally, su ch
given b y n ;R= PV d T;'7- t , and summing over all a determina tion was m ade at the completion of each
subv olumes run , after t h e cry ostat h ad w armed to liquid-air
temp erature and th e pressure h ad risen t o 25 t o 35
nR = R~ni = P~ ( Vd Ti Zi). (1) a tm . The m olar v olume V corresponding to each
i i individual observation of th e run could t h en b e
computed by summing eq lover all volumes excep t
With all t.h e volumes Vi at th e same known t emper- that of th e cryostat itself, and subtracting th e result
ature (room temp erat ure), and with enough gas in th e from th e t otal number of m oles in th e system. The
apparatus t o ob t ain convenien t press ures, th e posi- temp erat ure of t h e U-tube was indicated b y a m er-
tion of th e m ercury m enisc us in th e U-tube was cury-in-glass th ermometer . The table of Z-values
varied and th e resulting changes in P observ ed . given b y Woolley, Scott, and Brickwedde [6] was
In this way th e t otal volume occupied by the sample used for all three gases. The table is fo r Hz, bu t was
was found t o b e considered adequate for HD and D2 also, in view
of the fact th a t oth er quant ities involved in th e
~Vi(cm3 )=,=84 . 66 - 0.096 8hl' (2) calculation wer e not known with ver y high accuracy.
i
In two instances we fail ed to make an y m easure-
where hi was th e scale reading in millimeters of the men t of the t otal mass of sample in th e system .
m erc ury m eniscus in the arm of the U-tube con- The two groups of obser vation s involved are for t h e
t aining hy drogen . Previously, when th e apparatus high es t isoth erm of e-H 2 and are indicated in table l.
h ad b een used to m easure th e v apor pressure of Cal culations of th e molar v olume were made for
oxygen [5], similar m easurem en ts had given 84.45 1h ese obser v ations in th e usual way, excep t that
for th e constant term . The agr eement is considered the unknown to tal number of moles appeared as an
satisfactor y. Having obtained eq 2, th e effective arbitrary constant. Graphs of press ure vers us
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I
1.20
1.15
1.1 0
<Dc?
999
ri:
~
0 2~--~--------~~~------------~-----------------+-----------------~~
1. 0 5
Ed _H __ -
HD
. -2--
.~ -- -- -- 0. 99846
FIGC"R " l. Isotherm s of e-H2, HD , and e-D, i n the neighborhood oj the critical point .
T o help in properly drawing th e liquid-vapor log P ver sus 0.81 log r, th e resul ting graph could
dom e, sever al oth er se ts of isoth erm data were be superposed satisfactoril y on th e hydrogen graph .
plotted on log P versus log T- graphs and compar ed The differ en ce in dome-shape of h ydrogen and CO2
wi th our own r esults by superposition . The data is undoub tedly real. I t would be inter es ting to
plotted included those of Mi ch els, Bl a isse, and compar e the cri tical regions of other triatomic
Mich els for CO 2 [7], and those of Onn es, Crommelin , molecules, such as N 20 and 80 2 wi th [that of CO 2 ,
and Ca th for hydrogen [2]. The isotherm data in th e to see th e exten t to whieh triatomic molecules follow
latter paper arc given graphically ra th er than numer- on e law of corresponding states and diatomic mole-
ically , so th e coordinates of the plotted poin ts and of cules ano t her.
various points on th e dome had to be read from the The vapor-pressure tables of [IJ are believed t o b e
pu blish ed graph. The dome drawn in figure 1 is accurate near the cri tical point to ::i~ 8 mm H g in
in agr eem en t with th at of the L eiden observers the case of e-H2 and e-D 2 , and to 15 mm H g in
wi thin t he accuracy of th e obser va tions. Th e th e case of RD . The un cer tainties of th e criti cal
CO 2 data could no t be satisfactorily superposed on cons tan ts are grea ter than these values, how ever ,
our hydrogen da ta because th e dome 'was too wide. because they include th e additional uncer tainty in
It was estimated that if for CO 2 on e should plot loca ting the proper spo t on figme 1 to choose as t h e
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criti cal poin t. I t is estimated that the criti cal point U niversity [3], normal hydrogen Wfl S also employed,
selected is un cer tain by O.OOI in log (P IPe). This so there arc no publish ed data exac tly comparable
is eq uivalent to 22 mm Hg for e-H 2, 26 mm H g wi th oms. Th e Ohio State values fLr e T ,= 33.24 4 o K ,
fo], RD , and 28 mm Hg for e-D 2 To these may be and P c = 12.797 atm.
added the estimated uncertainti es in the vapor- The above cri tical points are shown in fi gure 3
pressure tables, giving (after rounding off) ~t 30 mm of [1], which is a graph of dev iaLions of ob erved
R g for e-H z, 40 mm Hg for HD, and 35 mm Hg vapor pressures from fLn accepted vapor-press ure
for e-D2' Using values of dP jdT from the accepted table. Note that the n-Hz data in this graph arc no t
vapor-pressure tables of [1], these uncertain ties are to be expected to give zero devi ations because the
I approximately equivalent to 20 mdeg for e-Hz and table from whi ch deviations arc calculated r ep-
( e-D 2 , and to 25 mdeg for HD. An ad di tional allow- resents not n-Hz but e-H z. To our knowledge th er e
ance of 20 mdeg must be made for uneertainty are no previoll s measurements of the cri tical con-
in the temperature scale. stants of HD and e-D2 with which our resulLs may be
The position of the eritical point in figur e 1 is compared.
un certain by perhaps 0.005 in log ( rj 1 ~c), whi ch is
equ ival ent to slightly more than 1 percent in F.
Errors in determining the volumes of the equilibrium The valu able ass ista,nce of Dino Zei and Raymond
chamber and the various parts of the pl'eSSUl'e- A. Nelson in making the measurements is acknowl-
transmi tting line arc no t included in thi s fi gure. edged .
These would affect t be determinations of th e total
mass of maLerial employed in each run , a nd would 4. References
introduce a systemaLic errol' in to log ( rj1 ~c) . An
II ) lI a rold J . H oge an d R obe rt. D . Ar no ld , Vapor press ures
un certain ty of 2 per ce nt is Lhou gh t to be adequaLe of h ydroge n, deu te rium, and h yd rogen d eut e rid e and
to cover errors clue to all causes. The relaLive d ew-point p ress ures of t.heir mixtu res, J. R esearch
elTors of the criti cal volume of Lh e three varieties are N BR 47 , 63 (1951 ) RP2228.
mu ch smaller th a n th e Lotal errors. This Lype of [21 II. I(ame rlin gh Onn es. C . A. C romme lin, a nd P . G. Cath,
A p reli min a ry determ inatio n of t he cri tica l point of
error m ay be estimated from the accurfl CY wi Lh hvd rogen, Co mmun. Ph.vs. Lab . U niv. Leide n 151 c
which the three original log P-Iog V graphs co uld be ( 19 17).
correctly superposed . I t is estimated that Lh e ra tio l3) Dav id . White, Ab "aham Solomo n Friedman , and H e rri ck
of any two cri tical volumes is correct Lo 5 pel' mille. L . J ohnsto n, Th e direct de te rmin at ion of th e criti cal
t e mperat ure a nd cri t-ical pressu re of normal 11ydrogen,
The relative accuracy of any two criLi cfll pressures is J . Am. Chem. Soc. 72, 3565 (H) 5Q).
probably 1 per mill e, and that of any two criLi cal [11 Hobert D. Arnold and H aro ld J . H oge, A test of id eal
temperatures about 3 parts in 10,000. solu t io n laws for 1-I 2, ED , and D 2 Vapor pressu re and
The pu blished cri tical data for hydrogen were critical co nstan ts of the individual compo ne nts, J.
Che m. Phys. 1R, 1295 (1950).
summariz ed by Pick ering [8] in 1926 . H e selected [5) H a rold J . H oge, Vapor press ure and fixed po int s of ox~' gen
as best values: t,=- 239.9 C, P c= 12.8 fLtm , and and heat ca paci ty in t he cri tical region , J. R esea rch
p,= 0.0310 g cm - 3 (equivalent to r c = 65. 0 cm 3 NBS 44, 32 L ( 1950) RP2081.
mole-I). These ar c essenLially th e valu es of Onnes, [6) Harold 'N . Woolley, Ru ssell B . ScotL, and F. G. Bri ck-
wedd e, Co mpila tion of thermal p rope rties of h yd rogen
Crommelin, fLnd Cath [2] for the cri tical tempera- in its va ri o,u s isotopic a nd or t ho-para mod ifi cat ions, J .
ture and pressure and t hat of Math ias, Crommclin , R esea rch 1'\ BS 41, 379 (\ 948) RP] 932.
and Onnes [9], for the cri tical density. In [2] the (7) A. Michels, B. Blaisse, and C. Micll els, Th e isotlwr ms of
criti cal temperature is given bo th in ce ntigrade and CO 2 in t he neighbo rh ood of the cri tical point and roun d
the coexistence line, Proc. Roy . Soc. London A160, 358
in Kelvin uni ts (-23 9.91 C = 33.18 K). Since tIle (1937).
L eiden auLh ors were unaware of the n ecessity of [8) S. F. Pi cke rin g, A rev ie w of the lite rat ure relating to th e
controlling o rtho-para composiLi ons, we may assume cri tical co nsta nts of va rious gases, BS Sci. Pap. 21,
that th ey work ed with normal (nonnal = 0.25 para- 597 (l926) S54 J.
[9) E. Mathias , C. A. Cro mmelin , a nd H. Kam e rl ingh Onn es,
hydrogen, 0.75 orthohydrogen; sec [1]) hydrogen , The rectilinear diameter of h ydro ge n. Co mmun. Ph ys.
possibly with an appreciable conversion in the La b. U ni v. Leiden I5 4b (1921).
direction of equilibrium hydrogen. In the recent
determination of critical constants at Ohio State \iVASI-IING'l'O N, April 27 , 1951.
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