Contents 

1.	
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1
1.1	
Gas Imperfections...................................................................................................................1
1.2	
Experimental Methods............................................................................................................4
1.2.1	
p-V-T Measurements...............................................................................................................5
1.2.1.1	
Low Pressure Measurements ..................................................................................................5
1.2.1.2	
High Pressure Measurements..................................................................................................5
1.2.1.3	
Gas Density Determinations ...................................................................................................7
1.2.2	
Speed of Sound Measurements...............................................................................................8

1.2.3	
Joule - Thomson Measurements ...........................................................................................10
1.2.4	
Refractive Index and Relative Permittivity Measurements...................................................11
1.2.5	
Vapour Pressure and Enthalpy of Vaporization Measurements............................................12
1.3	
Correlation, Prediction and Estimation of Virial Coefficients..............................................12
1.4	
Properties of Gases in terms of Virial Coefficients ..............................................................16
1.4.1	
Internal Energy, Um ..............................................................................................................16
1.4.2	
Enthalpy, Hm.........................................................................................................................16
1.4.3	
Heat capacity at constant volume, Cv,m.................................................................................17
1.4.4	
Heat capacity at constant pressure, Cp,m ...............................................................................17
1.4.5	
Entropy, Sm...........................................................................................................................17
1.4.6	
Helmholtz energy, Am...........................................................................................................17
1.4.7	
Gibbs energy, Gm..................................................................................................................18
1.4.8	
Fugacity - Pressure Ratio, f/p................................................................................................18
1.4.9	
Joule-Thomson Coefficient, JT............................................................................................18
1.5	
Data Evaluation ....................................................................................................................18
1.5.1	
Data Storage and Processing ................................................................................................18
1.5.2	
Selection of Values...............................................................................................................19
1.5.3	
Fitting to Smoothing Functions ............................................................................................19

1.6	
Glossary of Symbols.............................................................................................................20
References ............................................................................................................................21
2.	
Tabulated Data on Second Virial Coefficients of Inorganic Compounds......................23
3.	
Tabulated Data on Second Virial Coefficients of Organic Compounds 
3.1	
C1 Organic Compounds ........................................................................................................83
3.2	
C2 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................111
3.3	
C3 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................151
3.4	
C4 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................169
3.5	
C5 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................193
3.6	
C6 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................209
3.7	
C7-C11 Organic Compounds................................................................................................231
4.	
Tabulated Data on Third Virial Coefficients of Inorganic Compounds ......................249
5.	
Tabulated Data on Third Virial Coefficients of Organic Compounds 
5.1	
C1 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................265
5.2	
C2 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................273
5.3	
C3 Organic Compounds ......................................................................................................279
5.4	
C4-C8 Organic Compounds .................................................................................................283
References .........................................................................................................................293
Chemical Name Index ......................................................................................................311
Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number (CASRN) Index.....................................321
Formula Index...................................................................................................................323



