AN IMPROVED VISCOSITY-TEMPERATURE CHART FOR HYDROCARBONS

A NEW VISCOSITY-TEMPERATURE CHART FOR HYDROCARBONS IS PRESENTED. IT HAS GREATLY IMPROVED LINEARITY AND USEFUL RANGE AS COMPARED TO THE PRESENT ASTM DESIGNATION D 341 AND OTHERS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FROM TIME TO TIME. THE NEW MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION HAS BEEN DERIVED EMPIRICALLY FROM CURRENT DATA ON BOTH PURE HYDROCARBONS AND PETROLEUM FRACTIONS. IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE IMPROVED CHART WILL PERMIT RELIABLE LINEAR EXTRAPOLATIONS INTO LOW-VISCOSITY, HIGH-TEMPERATURE REGIONS WHICH WERE NOT POSSIBLE PREVIOUSLY. /JM/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, No 1, PP 19-25, 3 FIG, 3 TAB, 14 REF
• Authors:
  • WRIGHT, W A
• Publication Date: 1969-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Materials
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Charts; Crude oil; Extrapolation; Fractions; High temperature; Hydrocarbons; Mathematical analysis; Temperature; Viscosity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00211415
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1994 12:00AM