Determination of the compressibility factor and measurement of traces of water in methane by a microwave method

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 135-145

  Le Noë, Olivier ^a,b   Goyette, Jacques ^a   Bose, Tapan K ^a   Ingrain, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Compressibility factor; Experimental; Methane; Microwave technique

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; EXPANSION; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; VAPORS; WATER;

COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; MICROWAVE METHOD; WATER VAPOR;

METHANE;

EID: 0029777848     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3812(95)02815-3     Document Type: Article

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