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CAS#: 811-97-2
Molar mass: 102.03 lbm/lbmol
Triple point temperature: -153.94 °F
Normal boiling point temperature: -14.933 °F
Critical point temperature: 213.91 °F
Critical point pressure: 588.75 psia
Critical point density: 31.957 lbm/ft³
Gas phase dipole at NBP: 2.058 debye
Acentric factor: 0.32684
Equation of State
Equation type: Helmholtz energy
Limits: -153.94 °F to 359.33 °F, 10153.0 psia, 99.367 lbm/ft³
Tillner-Roth, R. and Baehr, H.D., "An international standard formulation of the thermodynamic properties of 1
Typical uncertainties are 0.05% for density, 0.02% for vapor pressure, 0.5-1% for heat capacity, 0.05% for v
Viscosity
Limits: -153.94 °F to 440.33 °F, 14504.0 psia, 127.39 lbm/ft³
Huber, M.L., Laesecke, A., and Perkins, R.A., "Model for the Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Refrigerant
The uncertainty in viscosity is 1.5% along the saturated liquid line, 3% in the liquid phase, 0.5% in the dilute ga
Thermal Conductivity
Limits: -153.94 °F to 359.33 °F, 2900.8 psia, 127.39 lbm/ft³
Perkins, R.A., Laesecke, A., Howley, J., Ramires, M.L.V., Gurova, A.N., and Cusco, L., "Experimental thermal con
Surface Tension
Limits: -459.67 °F to 213.91 °F
Mulero, A., Cachadiña, I., and Parra, M.I. "Recommended Correlations for the Surface Tension of Common Flui
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thermodynamic properties of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) for temperatures from 170 K to 455 K at pressures
for heat capacity, 0.05% for vapor speed of sound, and 1% for liquid speed of sound, except in the critical region.
mal Conductivity of Refrigerants, Including a New Correlation for the Viscosity of R134a", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 42:3163
uid phase, 0.5% in the dilute gas, 3-5% in the vapor phase, and 5% in the supercritical region, rising to 8% at pressures
L., "Experimental thermal conductivity values for the IUPAC round-robin sample of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a),"
urface Tension of Common Fluids," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 41, 043105, 2012.
m 170 K to 455 K at pressures up to 70 MPa," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 23:657-729, 1994.
gion, rising to 8% at pressures above 40 MPa. Below 200 K, the uncertainty is 8%.
2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a)," NISTIR, 2000.
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Critical Point
R134a
CF3CH2F
1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
Helmholtz Energy Equation of State
Tillner-Roth, R. and Baehr, H.D
Formulation
Data generated with REFPROP 9.1
100
Pressure, psia
10
1 1
-20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Enthalpy, Btu/lbm
25: R134a: V/L sat. T=-150.0 to 213.91 ーF
Saturated Saturated
Liquid Vapor
Liquid Vapor Liquid Vapor Liquid Vapor
TemperaturPressure Density Density Enthalpy Enthalpy Entropy Entropy
(F) (psia) (lbm/ft^3) (lbm/ft^3) (Btu/lbm) (Btu/lbm) (Btu/lbm-R(Btu/lbm-R)
-150 0.071961 98.969 0.0022118 -31.878 80.907 -0.087914 0.27629
-145 0.096803 98.51 0.002929 -30.462 81.603 -0.083381 0.27275
-140 0.12879 98.051 0.003837 -29.046 82.304 -0.078915 0.26941
-135 0.16957 97.59 0.004975 -27.628 83.012 -0.074514 0.26626
-130 0.22105 97.128 0.00639 -26.208 83.725 -0.070173 0.26329
-125 0.28544 96.665 0.0081316 -24.785 84.444 -0.065891 0.26049
-120 0.36529 96.2 0.010258 -23.36 85.168 -0.061665 0.25784
-115 0.46349 95.734 0.012835 -21.932 85.896 -0.057491 0.25535
-110 0.58332 95.267 0.015933 -20.5 86.629 -0.053368 0.253
-105 0.72844 94.797 0.019631 -19.065 87.366 -0.049294 0.25079
-100 0.90296 94.327 0.024017 -17.626 88.107 -0.045266 0.24871
-95 1.1114 93.854 0.029184 -16.183 88.851 -0.041283 0.24674
-90 1.3588 93.379 0.035235 -14.736 89.599 -0.037343 0.2449
-85 1.6506 92.903 0.042281 -13.285 90.35 -0.033445 0.24316
-80 1.9927 92.424 0.050441 -11.829 91.103 -0.029586 0.24152
-75 2.3917 91.943 0.059841 -10.368 91.857 -0.025766 0.23998
-70 2.8545 91.46 0.070618 -8.9026 92.614 -0.021984 0.23854
-65 3.3886 90.974 0.082917 -7.4322 93.372 -0.018237 0.23718
-60 4.002 90.486 0.096889 -5.9566 94.131 -0.014525 0.2359
-55 4.7032 89.995 0.1127 -4.4757 94.89 -0.010846 0.2347
-50 5.5014 89.501 0.13051 -2.9895 95.65 -0.0072 0.23358
-45 6.406 89.004 0.15052 -1.4976 96.409 -0.003585 0.23252
-40 7.4272 88.504 0.17289 0 97.167 0 0.23153
-35 8.5756 88.001 0.19785 1.5035 97.924 0.003556 0.2306
-30 9.8624 87.494 0.22558 3.013 98.679 0.0070831 0.22973
-25 11.299 86.983 0.25632 4.5288 99.433 0.010583 0.22892
-20 12.898 86.469 0.29029 6.0509 100.18 0.014057 0.22816
-15 14.671 85.95 0.32772 7.5796 100.93 0.017506 0.22744
-10 16.632 85.427 0.36888 9.1151 101.68 0.02093 0.22678
-5 18.794 84.9 0.41401 10.657 102.42 0.024331 0.22615
0 21.171 84.368 0.46341 12.207 103.16 0.027709 0.22557
5 23.777 83.83 0.51734 13.764 103.89 0.031065 0.22502
10 26.628 83.288 0.57612 15.328 104.62 0.034401 0.22451
15 29.739 82.74 0.64007 16.901 105.34 0.037716 0.22403
20 33.124 82.186 0.70951 18.481 106.06 0.041012 0.22359
25 36.8 81.626 0.78479 20.07 106.77 0.04429 0.22317
30 40.784 81.059 0.86629 21.667 107.47 0.047551 0.22278
35 45.092 80.485 0.95441 23.274 108.17 0.050795 0.22241
40 49.741 79.904 1.0495 24.89 108.86 0.054023 0.22207
45 54.749 79.316 1.1521 26.515 109.54 0.057236 0.22174
50 60.134 78.719 1.2627 28.15 110.21 0.060435 0.22144
55 65.913 78.114 1.3816 29.796 110.87 0.063622 0.22115
60 72.105 77.499 1.5095 31.452 111.52 0.066796 0.22088
65 78.729 76.875 1.647 33.12 112.17 0.069959 0.22062
70 85.805 76.24 1.7946 34.799 112.8 0.073113 0.22037
75 93.351 75.594 1.953 36.491 113.41 0.076257 0.22013
80 101.39 74.937 2.1229 38.195 114.02 0.079393 0.21989
85 109.93 74.266 2.3052 39.913 114.61 0.082522 0.21966
90 119.01 73.583 2.5007 41.645 115.19 0.085646 0.21944
95 128.65 72.885 2.7103 43.392 115.75 0.088766 0.21921
100 138.85 72.171 2.9352 45.155 116.29 0.091883 0.21898
105 149.65 71.441 3.1763 46.934 116.81 0.094998 0.21875
110 161.07 70.693 3.4351 48.731 117.32 0.098114 0.21851
115 173.14 69.925 3.713 50.546 117.8 0.10123 0.21826
120 185.86 69.137 4.0116 52.382 118.26 0.10435 0.218
125 199.28 68.325 4.3327 54.239 118.69 0.10748 0.21772
130 213.41 67.488 4.6786 56.119 119.09 0.11062 0.21742
135 228.28 66.623 5.0517 58.023 119.47 0.11376 0.21709
140 243.92 65.728 5.4549 59.954 119.81 0.11692 0.21673
145 260.36 64.799 5.8916 61.915 120.11 0.1201 0.21634
150 277.61 63.832 6.3657 63.908 120.37 0.1233 0.21591
155 295.73 62.822 6.8822 65.936 120.58 0.12653 0.21542
160 314.73 61.764 7.4471 68.005 120.73 0.12979 0.21488
165 334.65 60.65 8.0678 70.118 120.82 0.13309 0.21426
170 355.53 59.469 8.7539 72.283 120.84 0.13644 0.21356
175 377.41 58.211 9.5177 74.509 120.77 0.13985 0.21274
180 400.34 56.857 10.376 76.807 120.6 0.14334 0.2118
185 424.36 55.384 11.353 79.193 120.29 0.14693 0.21069
190 449.52 53.755 12.482 81.692 119.82 0.15066 0.20935
195 475.91 51.915 13.82 84.343 119.12 0.15459 0.20771
200 503.59 49.761 15.465 87.214 118.1 0.1588 0.20562
205 532.68 47.078 17.627 90.454 116.53 0.16353 0.20275
210 563.35 43.197 20.967 94.53 113.75 0.16945 0.19814
213.91 588.75 33.641 33.641 102.54 102.54 0.18119 0.18119
(Btu/lbm-R)
13: R134a: T = -80.0 ーF
-80°F
Temperature Pressure Density Enthalpy Entropy
(F) (psia) (lbm/ft^3) (Btu/lbm) (Btu/lbm-R)