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Acetone

 

Acetone provides high accuracy thermodynamic properties for acetone (C3H6O, MW 58.08 g/gmole, CAS No 67-64-1) using the Fundamental Equation of State presented in:

 

Short Fundamental Equations of State for 20 Industrial Fluids

Eric W. Lemmon, Roland Span

J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51 (3), 785-850

 

The correlation is valid for temperatures in the range between triple point at 178.5 K to 550 K for pressures less than 700 MPa.  Enthalpy and entropy values are referenced to 200 kJ/kg and 1 kJ/kg-K respectively for saturated liquid at 273.15 K. 

 

Transport properties are provided using correlations given in:

Yaws, Carl L., ed. Chemical Properties Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. 

 

Surface tension data are provided using the information in:

Mulero, A., Cachadina, I, and Parra, M.

"Recommended Correlations for the Surface Tension of Common Fluids"

J.Phys. Chem Ref. Data, Vol. 41, No.4, 2012

 

The Lennard-Jones parameters are from:

The Properties of Gases and Liquids

Reid, Prausnitz, and Sherwood, 3rd ed.

McGraw-Hill, 1977

 

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