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Ian Purdie
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Butane

02/18/2021 11:01 AM

Does anybody have Sutherland's constant for butane viscosity? I have a number of his constants, but not butane. I have checked the index in Perry's Chemical h'book, CRC Chemistry and physics h'book, as well as Miller's Flow h'book, but can't find any references. I believe that Sutherland produced his figures towards the end of the 1890s and that butane was discovered in the 1840s. I will be grateful for any help.
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02/18/2021 12:26 PM

Maybe here:

https://www.pipeflowcalculations.com/tables/gas.xhtml
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02/18/2021 12:59 PM

143.2 Don't know who's constant that is....

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02/19/2021 8:44 AM

The best information is given on page A-5 of Crane's Technical paper # 410 M.
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02/19/2021 8:40 AM

Thank you for the information. I did look at the gases before I posed the question. Alas, the table did not give Sutherland's constants.
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02/18/2021 4:17 PM

Here's a way you can compute it.

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/butane-C4H10-dynamic-kinematic-viscosity-temperature-pressure-d_2078.html

Select two data points from above plot (Temp, Viscosity)

Convert temperatures from Centigrade to Rankine

R = 9/5 * (C+273)

Solve the equation below for (a/b)

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Kinetic/visgas.html

(a/b) = (0.555T0 + C)/(0.555T + C)

Solve for C
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02/19/2021 8:48 AM

Thank you for your information. It was from Crane's book that I gleaned the information initially. Unfortunately, Crane only gives eight constants. I have accumulated about 20, but butane number still evades me.
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02/19/2021 1:09 PM

I solved for C, Sutherlands constant, in post #3 using 2 data points (50C and 200C) from the plot below. (C=352.26)

For C=352.26 C0, I made the following plot using Sutherland's formula:
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02/21/2021 4:31 AM

Thank you for the information. I am now a somewhat older but wiser man. You have been a great help.
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