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difference in enthalpy for r-134a and hfc-134a?

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Jul 27, 2007
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Hi, it has been years since I last worked with refrigerant. I was looking up on enthalpy for r-134a. In my text book (Moran and Shapiro 3rd ed), at 40C, hf = 106 kJ/kg, hg = 268 kJ/kg. I came across this DuPont Suva HFC-134a technical information and it has hf = 257 kJ/kg, hg = 420 kJ/kg at 40C. (I have inserted a screen shot of the table from DuPont) I thought r-134a and HFC-134a are the same. I've seen enthalpy diagram and it's pretty close to the DuPont data. I know my text book is not the most updated material, but I didn't think the data would be that much off. Am I missing something?
 
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Most likely the two sources are using different "zero" reference points.
 
Thanks for replying. I'm new at the HVAC business, so is it normal for people to supply data with different reference points? I googled r134a enthalpy and in another site ( it corresponds with my textbook data (hf=107.4 kJ/kg and hg=271 kJ/kg for 39.4C). I checked vf and vg and pressure. All the data are about the same. The only differences are enthalpy and entropy. I think both sets of data are right, but I feel like I'm just missing something here.
 
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