Chapter 8 - Design Information and Data

Abstract

Sources of chemical and physical property data are reviewed. When chemical or physical property data are not available, approaches such as group contribution methods can be used to make reasonable estimates of key properties needed for design purposes. Methods are given for prediction of density, specific volume, viscosity, thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, enthalpy of vaporization (latent heat), vapour pressure, diffusivity (diffusion coefficient), surface tension, critical constants, enthalpy of reaction and enthalpy of formation. An overview of the most commonly-used models for predicting phase equilibrium is presented.