In this paper following the linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics approach, an expression is derived for the calculation of the thermodiffusion factor in binary liquid metal alloys. The expression is comprised of two terms; the first term accounts for the thermally driven interactions between metal ions, a phenomenon similar to that of the non-ionic binary mixtures, such as hydrocarbons; the second term is called the electronic contribution and is the mass diffusion due to an internal electric field that is induced as a result of the imposed thermal gradient. Both terms are formulated as functions of the net heats of transport. The ion-ion net heat of transport is simulated by the activation energy of viscous flow and the electronic net heat of transport is correlated with the force acting on the ions by the rearrangement of the conduction electrons and ions. A methodology is presented and used to estimate the liquid metal properties, such as the partial molar internal energies, enthalpies, volumes and the activity coefficients used for model validation. The prediction power of the proposed expression along with some other existing thermodiffusion models for liquid mixtures, such as the Haase, Kempers, Drickamer and Firoozabadi formulas are examined against available experimental data obtained on ground or in microgravity environment. The proposed model satisfactorily predicts the thermodiffusion data of mixtures that are composed of elements with comparable melting points. It is also potentially and qualitatively able to predict a sign change in thermodiffusion factor of Na-K liquid mixture. With some speculation, the sign change is attributed to an anomalous change in thermoelectric power of Na-K mixture with composition.

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Available online xxxKeywords: Hydrogen Zn-based MOFs Sorption Porosity SanchezeLacombe equation of state a b s t r a c t One of the most famous porous adsorbents used for separation and storage of hydrogen is metal organic framework (MOF). In this study, the experimental data related to hydrogen adsorption on and desorption from five adsorbents including MOF-5, MOF-177, MOF-200, MOF-205 and MOF-210 is adopted. Then, the hydrogen sorption is modeled by applying SanchezeLacombe Equation of State (SL EoS). The amount of hydrogen uptake in the adsorbents is obtained through hydrogen-adsorbents phase equilibrium calculations at temperature 77 K and various pressures up to 80 Â 10 5 Pa. The result is compared with the experimental data to show the precision of SL equation of state in predicting the hydrogen sorption trend. SL EoS predicts the experimental results satisfactorily, even though in comparison with PHSC EoS, the latter shows a little reduction in average absolute deviation.

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