Reference Data for the Thermal Conductivity of Saturated Liquid Toluene Over a Wide Range of Temperatures

Published

October 1, 1999

Author(s)

M L. Ramires, Carlos A. Nieto de Castro, Richard A. Perkins, Y Nagasaka, A Nagashima, Marc J. Assael, William A. Wakeham

Abstract

Efficient design of industrial processes and equipment requires accurate thermal conductivity data for a variety of fluids, such as alternative refrigerants, fuels, petrochemicals, aqueous systems, molten salts, and molten metals. The accuracy of experimental thermal conductivity data is a function of the operating conditions of the instrument. Reference data are required over a wide range of conditions to verify the claimed uncertanities of absolute instruments and to calibrate relative instruments, since either type may be used to measure the thermal conductivity of fluids. Recently, accurate experimental data for the thermal conductivity of liquid toluene near the saturation line have been obtained, which allow the upper temperature limit of the previous reference-data correlation to be extended from 360 to 553 K. The thermal conductivity was measured using two transient hot-wire instruments from 300 to 550 K, the first with a bare 12.7 m platinum wire and the second using an anodized 25 m tantalum wire. Uncertainties due to the contribution of thermal radiation and the purity of the samples are discussed. The proposed value of the thermal conductivity of liquid toluene at 298.15 K and 0.1 Mpa is 0.13 088 0.000 85. The quality of the data is such that new improved recommendations and recommended values can be proposed with uncertainties at 95% confidence of 1% for 189

Citation

J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD) -

Volume

29

Issue

No. 2

NIST Pub Series

J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD)

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NIST Pubs

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Keywords

high temperature, reference data, saturated liquid, thermal conductivity, toluene

Citation

Ramires, M. , Nieto de Castro, C. , Perkins, R. , Nagasaka, Y. , Nagashima, A. , Assael, M. and Wakeham, W. (1999), Reference Data for the Thermal Conductivity of Saturated Liquid Toluene Over a Wide Range of Temperatures, J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=831686 (Accessed October 20, 2025)