DETERMINATION OF THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUID n-HEXADECANE FROM 
THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE VELOCITY OF SOUND

T. S. Khasanshin, V. S. Samuilov, and A. P. Shchemelev

UDC 536.7:547.217.9

The density, the isobaric expansion coefficient, the specific 
heats at constant pressure and constant volume, and the isothermal 
compressibility coefficient of liquid n-hexadecane have been calculated 
in the range of temperatures 298-433 K and pressures 0.1-140 
MPa from the data on the velocity of sound. The coefficients of the 
Tate equation in the above parametric range have been determined. 
The table of the thermodynamic properties of n-hexadecane has been 
presented.

Keywords: n-hexadecane, velocity of sound, density, 
specific heat, isobaric expansion coefficient. 

Mogilev State University of Foodstuffs, 3 Schmidt Ave., 
Mogilev, 212027, Republic of Belarus; email: khasanshin@tut.by. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 
150-156, January-February, 2009. Original article submitted 
November 13, 2007.