Thermophysical Properties: Methanol
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Methanol, CH4O, Molecular Mass: 32.0, (Tsat = 64.7 °C; Tm = -98 °C) T Temp. °C pv saturation pressure (105 Pa) hlv latent heat (kJ/kg) ρℓ liquid density (103 kg/m³) ρv vapor density (103 kg/m³) μℓ liquid viscosity (10-3 N-s/m²) μv vapor viscosity (10-7 N-s/m²) kℓ liquid thermal conductivity a (W/m-K) kv vapor thermal conductivity a (W/m-K) σ liquid surface tension (10-3 N/m) cp,ℓ liquid specific heat (kJ/kg-K) cp,v vapor specific heat b (kJ/kg-K) 0 0.0411 1210.0 0.8100 0.8170 88 0.205 24.5 2.42 1.37 20 0.103 1191.1 0.7915 0.5780 95 0.204 22.6 2.46 1.44 40 0.358 1163.9 0.7740 0.4460 101 0.203 0.00157 20.9 2.52 1.50 60 0.861 1130.4 0.7555 0.0001006 0.3470 108 0.202 0.00178 19.3 1.57 80 1.819 1084.4 0.7355 0.0020840 0.2710 115 0.200 0.00199 17.5 1.70 100 3.731 1030.0 0.7140 0.0039840 0.2140 123 0.198 0.00220 15.7 1.86 120 6.551 971.3 0.6900 0.0071420 0.1700 130 0.196 0.00241 13.6 1.92 140 10.810 904.3 0.6640 0.0121600 0.1360 136 0.194 0.00262 11.5 1.92 160 17.609 828.0 0.6340 0.0199400 0.1090 143 0.00283 9.3 180 16.869 741.1 0.5980 0.0318600 0.0883 150 0.00303 6.9 200 38.434 636.4 0.5530 0.0507500 0.0716 157 0.00324 4.5 220 56.728 473.1 0.4900 0.0863500 0.0583 166 0.00344 2.1 240 79.700 0.2750 0.2750000 0.0460 174
Propertya Temp. α0 α1 α2 α3 α4 α5 Error(%) pv (105Pa) 0– 240 ˚C -3.2260 5.2299-2b 1.0307-4 -2.9204-6 1.4369-8 -2.2852-11 3.52 hlv (kJ/kg) 0– 240 ˚C 7.1001 -1.6650-3 4.2482-5 -8.2591-7 5.2087-9 -1.1710-11 0.39 ρℓ (103kg/m³) 60– 220 ˚C -2.0054-1 -5.5461-3 1.8492-4 -2.6081-6 1.4646-8 -2.8794-11 1.96 ρv (103 kg/m³) 0– 240 ˚C -67.300 2.1944 -3.0858-2 2.1359-4 -7.2014-7 9.4732-10 6.77 μℓ (10-3Ns/m²) 0– 240 ˚C -2.0529-1 -1.8685-2 1.2225-4 -1.0701-6 4.5665-9 -7.2697-12 0.35 μv (10-7 Ns/m²) 0– 240 ˚C 4.4794 3.3930-3 4.0163-6 -7.3376-8 2.4641-10 -2.1042-13 0.28 kℓ (W/m-K) 0– 140 ˚C -1.5847 -4.0650-4 1.1186-5 -2.2761-7 1.6087-9 -3.9220-12 0.03 kv (W/m-K) 40– 220 ˚C -6.7646 8.9038-3 -3.5238-5 1.4232-7 -4.0030-10 5.0729-13 0.03 σ (10-3N/m) 0– 220 ˚C 3.2019 -6.2365-3 1.1123-4 -1.7652-6 1.0660-8 -2.4530-11 0.65 cp,ℓ (kJ/kg-K) 0– 40 ˚C 8.8377-1 6.2710-4 9.6297-6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 cp,v (kJ/kg-K) 0– 140 ˚C 3.1404-1 5.0100-3 -1.7365-4 3.4376-6 -2.5001-8 5.9705-11 0.40
Polynomial function: ln(Property) = α0 + α1T + α2T2 + α3T3 + α4T4 + α5T5
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