The design and construction of an apparatus suitable for the measurement of the pressure-volume-temperature of gases

• Main Author: Gattenmeyer, John Leonard
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2012
• Subjects: Physical measurements
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41370

An apparatus designed after the fashion of Young and of Kay has been constructed and assembled for the determination of the pressure - volume - temperature relationships of pure compounds up to 200 atmosphere and 360°C. Pressure measurement depends on the known characteristics of pure nitrogen, and auxiliary apparatus has been assembled for the production and use of this. Constant temperatures are obtained by boiling under a constant pressure the following compounds: carbon disulfide, chlorobenzene, bromobenzene, aniline, methyl salicylate, 1-bromonaphthalene, and mercury. These compounds have all been purified and have been used to calibrate a thermocouple for use in the apparatus. Normal-butanol has been carefully purified for insertion into the apparatus and determination of its pressure - volume - temperature relations and its vapor-pressure. The theoretical utilization of such data has been discussed. === Applied Science, Faculty of === Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of === Graduate