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Speed of sound measurements of liquid C1-C4 alkanols

Davila, M. J.[Maria J.], Gedanitz, H.[Holger], Span, R.[Roland]
J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2016, 93, 157-163
ABSTRACT
Speed of sound measurements were made in methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, and butan-1-ol in the temperature range from (253.15 to 353.15) K at pressures up to 30 MPa by use of a pulse-echo method with a double path type sensor. The expanded overall uncertainty (k = 2) in speed of sound measurements are estimated to be 0.026% for methanol, 0.03% for ethanol, 0.013% for propan-1-ol and 0.01% for butan-1-ol. A double polynomial equation for the speed of sound with inputs of temperature and pressure has been fitted from the experimental results. These were compared with available literature sources and fundamental equations of state, showing good agreement among them to comparable alcohol purities and experimental uncertainties.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 CH4O methanol
2 C2H6O ethanol
3 C3H8O propan-1-ol
4 C4H10O butan-1-ol
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Speed of sound, m/s ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Frequency, MHz; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Pulse-echo method
  • 42
  • POMD
  • 2
  • Speed of sound, m/s ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Frequency, MHz; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Pulse-echo method
  • 42
  • POMD
  • 3
  • Speed of sound, m/s ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Frequency, MHz; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Pulse-echo method
  • 42
  • POMD
  • 4
  • Speed of sound, m/s ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Frequency, MHz; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Pulse-echo method
  • 42