The Study of the Thermodynamic Regularities of Heavy Water Using Van Der Waals and Dieterici Models

Heavy water has two heavy hydrogen atoms or deuterium. Chemical properties of heavy water are similar to light water, but their physical, thermodynamic, and nuclear properties are different. On the other hand, the Equation of State (EOS) is an important and suitable tool for studying the thermophysical behavior of materials and predicting them in different conditions in terms of pressure, temperature and amount. At present, there are different equations of state that can be categorized as theoreticall, empericall and semi-emperical. Regarding to the importance of heavy water and its role in various researches, in particular nuclear researches, and the application of this material in medicine and industry, the thermodynamic regularities of this material have been studied in this research using different semi-experimental equations of state based on van der Waals and Dieterici models. The comparison between calculations with the experimental data showed that the equations of state predicted the thermodynamic regularities of heavy water well qualitatively, but their quantitative behavior is different.