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Correlation and prediction of dense fluid transport coefficients. I. n-alkanes

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Abstract

Recent accurate measurements of the self-diffusion coefficient for n-hexadecane and n-octane and of the viscosity coefficient for n-heptane, n-nonane, and n-undecane over wide pressure ranges have been used to provide a critical test of a previously described method, based on consideration of hard-sphere theory, for the correlation of transport coefficient data. It is found that changes are required to the universal curve for the reduced viscosity coefficient as a function of reduced volume and, also, to the parameters R D, R η , and R λ which were introduced to account for effects of nonspherical molecular shape. The scheme now accounts most satisfactorily for the self-diffusion, viscosity, and thermal conductivity coefficient data for all n-alkanes from methane to hexadecane at densities greater than the critical density.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, Aristotle University, GR54006, Thessaloniki, Greece

    M. J. Assael & M. Papadaki

  2. Chemistry Department, University of Glasgow, G128QQ, Glasgow, UK

    J. H. Dymond & P. M. Patterson

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Assael, M.J., Dymond, J.H., Papadaki, M. et al. Correlation and prediction of dense fluid transport coefficients. I. n-alkanes. Int J Thermophys 13, 269–281 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00504436

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Key words

  • diffusion
  • hard-sphere theory
  • n-alkanes
  • thermal conductivity
  • viscosity