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Stephanie L Outcalt1, Eric W Lemmon1

  • 1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Material Measurement Laboratory, Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3337, U.S.A.

High Temperatures - High Pressures
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Compressed liquidHelmholtz energy mixture modeldimethyl etherpentanevibrating-tube densimeter

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