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Because mercury has a high critical temperature, relatively low critical pressure, but a very low condenser pressure. It is also toxic, expensive, and has a low enthalpy of vaporization.
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition
by Cengel, Yunus; Boles, Michael
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13:
978-0-07339-817-4
Chapter 10 - Vapor and Combined Power Cycles - Problems - Page 600: 10-88C
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