1990 Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 189-200
The critical parameters and vapor-liquid coexistence curves in the critical region of two environmentally acceptable hydrogen-containing halocarbons (HCFC123 and HFC134a) were determined experimentally. The measurements of vapor-liquid coexistence curves were made through visual observation of the disappearance of meniscus at the vapor-liquid interface within the optical cell. Thirty eight saturated densities in the range of 209 to 1176 kg/m3 were obtained between the temperature of 392 K and the critical temperature for HCFC123. And seventeen saturated densities in the range of 322 to 746 kg/m3 were obtained between the temperature of 370 K and the critical temperature for HFC134a. On the basis of these results, the critical temperature and critical density of HCFC123 were determined to be 456.94 K and 553 kg/m3, respectively. And these parameters of HFC134a were determined to be 374.18 K and 507 kg/m3. In addition, the critical exponents were determined and the correlation of vapor-liquid coexistence curves were developed.
