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Sound speed measurements on gas mixtures of natural gas components using a cylindrical resonator

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A description of a fixed-path length acoustic resonator which uses electrostatic transducers for sound generation and detection is given. Also, a summary of the measurements on 13 binary and 4 multicomponent gas mixtures of natural gas components is given. Data were obtained at pressures to 10 MPa for five isotherms at 25 K increments from 250 to 350 K. The binary mixtures are primarily methane-rich, with either ethane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or propane as the second constituent. The multicomponent mixture compositions represent four naturally occurring natural gas mixtures.

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Younglove, B.A., Frederick, N.V. Sound speed measurements on gas mixtures of natural gas components using a cylindrical resonator. Int J Thermophys 11, 897–910 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00503582

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