Contribution of the Deviation from Perfect Gas Behavior to the Entropy and Heat Capacity. Water and Benzene

Abstract

The properties of water vapor are used to illustrate the point, previously found true for ethyl alcohol, that the modified Berthelot equation of state may not give a satisfactory evaluation of the deviation of thermodynamic properties from those of the hypothetical perfect gas. The entropy deviation for benzene, however, is accurate enough for most purposes, and the heat capacity is not too far out of line.On limited information, it appears that the Berthelot equation may be satisfactory for the vapors of ``normal'' liquids up to limited pressures. It is recommended, however, that some attempt be made to check the properties by means of vapor densities, obtained directly or by the Clapeyron equation, before results based upon the Berthelot equation are accepted.