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. 1964 Nov-Dec;68A(6):567–578. doi: 10.6028/jres.068A.054

Table 2. Summary of reanalysis of Keller’s gaseous He3 isotherms [12].

The isotherm designations, the data points, and the method of normalization for each isotherm are the same as those used by Keller. P¯4 is the average He4 vapor pressure for each isotherm and P¯3 is_the average He3 vapor pressure for the α isotherm. T58(P¯4) is the normalized temperature for each isotherm and is the 1958 He4 Scale temperature corresponding to P¯4. P3(P¯4) is the directly interpolated He3 vapor pressure corresponding to P¯4, using the direct interpolation equations described in Part I, and T62[P3(P¯4)] is the 1962 He3 Scale temperature corresponding to P3(P¯4). The values of Tiso, B, and C listed under the heading “Three-constant fit” were obtained by solving eq (9) using Deming’s method of least squares adjustment with errors in two measured variables (see appendix A). The standard errors and the weighted variance are calculated in accordance with the statistical formulas given by Deming [47]. The two constant fit values of Tiso and B were obtained by solving eq (9) assuming C=0. For the For the γ, δ, and ϵ isotherms the variance of the three-constant fit is lower and the values of C are greater than the magnitude of their statistically assigned errors. Therefore the three constant fit solutions were used for fitting He3 virial coefficient equations, eqs (10) and (11), and for the temperature differences shown in figure 2 of Part II.

Isotherm Units γ δ α ϵ β



No.of points 18 18 11 10 8
P¯4 mm Hg 489.52 178. 09 36.16 13.070 3.782
T58(P¯4) mdeg 3779.1 2985.3 2154.2 1813.4 1510.3
P3(P¯4) mm Hg 607. 70 197.43 105.33 52.21
P¯3 mm Hg 197.62
T62[P3(P¯4)] mdeg 2985. 2±0.2 2154.4±0.2 1813.1±0.2 1510.2±0.2
T62(P¯3) mdeg 2.1550

THREE-CONSTANT FIT

Tiso- mdeg 3782.3 ±2.2 2992.4±1.6 2153.7±1.0 1816.4±0.8 1510.4±2.5
B- cm3/mole −65.50±0.86 −86.31 ±0.52 −118.81 ±1.35 −145. 08±1.61 −162.15±10. 7
C- cm6/mole2 1192 ±306 1746±136 548±822 2611 ±1289 −11,069±16, 390
Variance 7.0 13.8 6.1 0. 86 4.8
(T58–Tiso) mdeg −3.3±2.2 −7.1±1.6 0.5±1.0 −3. 0±0.8 −0.1 ±2. 5
(T62–Tiso)- mdeg −7.2±1.8 0.7±1.2 −3.2±1.0 −0.2±2.7
(T62(P¯3)–Tiso) mdeg 1.3±1. 0

TWO-CONSTANT FIT

Tiso- mdeg 3774.4±1.3 2974.4±2.8 2153.2±0.6 1814. 9±0.4 1512.0±0. 7
B- cm3/mole −62.18±0.19 −79.66±0.33 −117.92 ±0.26 −141.87 ±0.29 −169.30±1.15
Variance- 13.2 156 5.7 1.20 4.4