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Edward Zorębski1, Michał Zorębski
1Institute of Chemistry, Silesian University, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Abstract:
The so-called Beyer nonlinearity parameter B/A is calculated for 1,2- and 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-butanediol, as well as 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol by means of a thermodynamic method. The calculations are made for temperatures from (293.15 to 318.15) K and pressures up to 100 MPa. The decrease in B/A values with the increasing pressure is observed. In the case of 1,3-butanediol, the results are compared with corresponding literature data. The consistency is very satisfactory. A simple relationship between the internal pressure and B/A nonlinearity parameter has also been studied.
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