U.S. AIR FORCE PROJECT RAND RESEARCH MEMORANDUM Assigned 10 This is @ working paper. It may be expanded, modified, or with- drawn at any time. The views, conclusions, and recommendations expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the United Stotes Air Force. 7% RAND cnetCONTENTS, SYMBOLS SUMMARY INTRODUCTION .. THEORY AND APPLICATION A. The Equation of State for Real Gases... (a) General Remarks. (b) The Perfect Gas Law and the Standard State (e) The Virial Equation (a) Potential Energy of Interaction (e) Effect of Viriel Coefficients. (2) Binary Mixtures pedeandeonon (g) Discussion of Theoretical and Experimental PY Data B. Relations Between the Independent Variables and the ‘Thermodynamic Properties of a Gas (a) General Relations. (b) Equations for Pure Non-Polar Gases in Terms of P and T. (c) Equations for Pure Polar Gases in Terms of P and T. (4) Equations for Binary Mixtures in Term of P and T. C. Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties for Non-Polar and Polar Gases.. : (a) Determination of the Constants. (b) Construction of the Thermodynamic Tables for Hz, Na, NO, CO, 02, CO zy 20, and Air oe D. Application of the Theory to Technical Problems. . (a) Calculation of Specific Impulse Obtained frow a Solid Propellant when used in a Rocket Motor. (b) Calculation of Total Change in Speci fie Enthalpy for the same Powder when used in an Artillery shell DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS. CONCLUSIONS. APPENDIX: Derivation of Analytical Expressions for Real Gas Contribution to the Thermodynamic Functions. REFERENCES aM-442 5-15-50 uw u 2 1B 13 16 19 9 20 22 23 38 8