Dichloromethane: Revision and extension of pρT relationships for the liquid

Abstract

In spite of the great importance of the PVT data of dichloromethane, only limited information on these data seems to be available in the literature. In this work, we present experimental densities of the liquid dichloromethane over the ranges T = (270 to 330) K and p = (0.1 to 30) MPa using a vibrating tube densimeter, model DMA 512P from Anton Paar with an estimated uncertainty lower than ±0.5 kg · m −3. The high consistency of our data compared with those measured by other authors allows that all the experimental results have been combined and correlated together with the Tait equation in the temperature and pressure ranges T = (244 to 430) K and p = (0.1 to 101) MPa. From the Tait equation, thermomechanical coefficients as the isothermal compressibility, isobaric expansivity, thermal pressure, and internal pressure were calculated. Some of the measurements of density were made at pressures lower than the critical pressure which enabled us to obtain very reliable values for the density of the saturated liquid within the range T = (270.0 to 330.0) K. These data were combined with other values existing in the literature, which made it possible to extend the information on the saturated liquid density to the range T = (208 to 399) K. From these data, a new equation describing the saturated liquid density of dichloromethane was found covering the entire temperature range between the triple and the critical temperatures. A new equation for the vapour pressure was found by using selected values from the literature covering the entire temperature range between the triple and the critical temperatures.