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Interfacial Tension between Methane and Octane at Elevated Pressure at Five Temperatures from (274.2 to 282.2) K

Peng, B.-Z.[Bao-Zi], Sun, C.-Y.[Chang-Yu], Liu, B.[Bei], Zhang, Q.[Qian], Chen, J.[Jun], Chen, G.-J.[Guang-Jin], Li, W.-Z.[Wen-Zhi]
J. Chem. Eng. Data 2011, 56, 12, 4623-4626
ABSTRACT
The pressure dependence of interfacial tension between methane and octane at five temperatures has been determined using the pendant-drop method. The experimental results show that the interfacial tension value decreases with the increased temperature and pressure. The higher temperature and pressure has a positive contribution on weakening the intermolecular interaction between methane and octane. The surface excess concentration for methane on octane at different temperatures and pressures and the surface free energies of adsorption for (methane + octane) were calculated and compared with the (methane + water) system. The calculated results show that methane is more preferred for the adsorption on octane than on water.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 CH4 methane
2 C8H18 octane
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
  • 2
  • Surface tension liquid-gas, N/m ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Pendant drop shape
  • 89