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Density and Speed of Sound Measurements of Hexadecane

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Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke, Tara J. Fortin

Abstract

The density and speed of sound of hexadecane have been measured using two instruments. Both instruments use the vibrating-tube method for measuring density. Ambient pressure (83 kPa) density and speed of sound measurements were carried out with a rapid characterization instrument from 290.65 K to 343.15 K. Adiabatic compressibilities are derived from the density and speed of sound data at ambient pressure. Compressed liquid density measurements were carried out in a second instrument and ranged from 310 K to 470 K with pressures from 1 MPa to 50 MPa. The density measurements are correlated within 0.1 % with a modified Tait equation.
Citation
Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
Volume
42
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Adiabatic Compressibility, Compressed Liquid, Density, Hexadecane, Speed of Sound
Chemistry, Chemical engineering and processing, Thermochemical properties, Energy, Conventional energy and Fuels

Citation

Outcalt, S. , Laesecke, A. and Fortin, T. (2010), Density and Speed of Sound Measurements of Hexadecane, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902259 (Accessed October 22, 2025)

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Created January 7, 2010, Updated June 2, 2021
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