TABLE 258. 

 LATENT AND TOTAL HEATS OF VAPORIZATION OF THE ELEMENTS. 



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The following table of theoretical values is taken from J. W. Richards, Tr. Amer. Electrcch. 

 Soc. 13, p. 447, 1908. They are computed as follows: 8T m (8 = mean value atomic specific 

 heat, Dulong-Petit constant, o to T K, T m = melting point, Kelvin scale) plus 2T m (latent 

 heat of fusion is approximately 2T m , ]. Franklin Inst. 1897) plus io(Tb T m ] (specific heat 

 of liquid metals is nearly constant and equal to that of the solid at T m , Tj, = boiling point, Kelvin 

 scale) plus 23 Tb (23 = Trouton constant; latent heat of 'vaporization of molecular weight 

 in grams is approximately 23 times T&) = 33 T&. Total heat of vapor when raised from 273 K 

 (o C) equals 33^6 1700 (mean value of Dulong-Petit constant between o and 273K is 

 1700). Heats given in small calories per gram. 



SMITHSONIAN TABLES. 



