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Virial coefficients of methane, ethane, and propane at temperatures up to 1500°K

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The second and third virial coefficients are calculated for the (12-7, δ) model pair potential. With their help the fourth virial coefficient is determined from the experimental data for P, V, and T. The limit of applicability of the equation of state obtained is indicated.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 589–593, October, 1987.

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Sevast'yanov, R.M., Chernyavskaya, R.A. Virial coefficients of methane, ethane, and propane at temperatures up to 1500°K. Journal of Engineering Physics 53, 1153–1156 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872446

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