Reference Data for the Density and Viscosity of Liquid Cadmium, Cobalt, Gallium, Indium, Mercury, Silicon, Thallium, and Zinc

Abstract

In this paper, the available experimental data for the density and viscosity of liquid cadmium, cobalt, gallium, indium, mercury, silicon, thallium, and zinc have been critically examined with the intention of establishing a density and a viscosity standard. All experimental data have been categorized into primary and secondary data according to the quality of measurement, the technique employed and the presentation of the data, as specified by a series of criteria. The proposed standard reference correlations for the density of liquid cadmium, cobalt, gallium, indium, silicon, thallium, and zinc are respectively characterized by standard deviations of 0.6, 2.1, 0.4, 0.5, 2.2, 0.9, 0.7% at the 95% confidence level. In the case of mercury, an existing reference correlation for the density was adopted. The standard reference correlations for the viscosity of liquid cadmium, cobalt, gallium, indium, mercury, silicon, thallium, and zinc are characterized by standard deviations of 9.4, 14.0, 13.5, 2.1, 7.3, 15.7, 5.1, 9.3 at the 95% confidence level respectively.