Properties of Pure Substances
Properties of Pure Substances
Properties of Pure Substances
It can exist in different phase, but should have uniform chemical composition
throughout the extend of mass.
Solid-Liquid-Vapour Phase Equilibrium of Pure Substances
100 kPa
100 kPa
100 kPa
A saturation state is a state from which a change of phase may occur without a
change in pressure or temperature.
Ice at 0°C is at saturated solid state and water at 100°C is at saturated vapour
state for a pressure of 100kPa
T
T-v diagram for heating of a pure substance at constant pressure
T 1200C
p=100kPa
1000C
40C
00C
-150C
v
The variation of saturation temperature with pressure for water
T 0C
p = 0.8455 bar
95
0.00103 1.982
v m3/kg
p bar
T = 127.40C
2.5
0.00106 0.7187
v m3/kg
A pure substance can exist as part liquid and part vapour during a vaporisation
process and the part of saturated liquid decreases as it progresses. For
thermodynamic analysis of such mixtures, the proportions the liquid and vapour
phase is to be determined. It is done with the help of a new property called quality
(x) which is defined as the ratio of the mass of vapour to total mass of the mixture.
mg
x=
mf + mg
The specific volume, internal energy, and enthalpy of a pure substance which is a
mixture of saturated liquid and saturated vapour can be evaluated by knowing its
quality as follows
v = v f + xv fg
u = uf + xufg
h = hf + xhfg
Thermodynamic properties in superheated vapour region
Properties of Saturated Water (Liquid–Vapor): Temperature Table
T 0C u =u f+ x u( −
g uf ) =h +h f xh fg
400 Superheated state
x = 0.7 mixture of saturated liquid
and saturated vapour
180
p = 10bar
v m3/kg
vf = 0.0011274 vg = 0.1941 0.3066
u=
u+ g(
f − u
xu f )
h=
h+x
fh fg
The Ideal Gas Equation of State
Equation of state relates pressure, temperature, and specific volume. An ideal-
gas equation of state which predicts p –v –T behaviour of a gas is given by
pv = RT
R is gas constant of the gas under consideration R
R=
M
The deviation from ideal behaviour can be easily accounted by introducing a
correction factor called compressibility factor pv = ZRT
RT a( T ) b (T ) c (T ) d (T )
The Virial equation of state p= + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
+ ...
v v v v v
RT c A
pv = 1 −
vT 3 ( v + B ) −
v2 v2
a b
A = A0 1− and B = B0 1−
v v