Hydrocarbons

The book is concerned with properties such as density, refractive index, acoustic impedance and electrical conductivities of hydrocarbon substances. Pure organic compounds feature early in the book chiefly to set benchmark values for the various physical properties later discussed for hydrocarbon products. These include petroleum products across the entire distillation range as well as petroleum residue. Natural gas condensate, liquefied gases, coal tars, biodiesels and alcohol fuels also feature in the book.

Content :-

• Physical properties of organic liquids
  1. Introduction
  2. Viscosity
  3. Acoustic impedance
  4. Thermal conductivities
  5. Electrical properties
  6. Optical properties
  7. Concluding remarks
  8. References
• Physical properties of crude oils
  1. Classifications of crude oil by density
  2. Densities and viscosities of crudes from different sources
  3. Coefficient of thermal expansion
  4. Acoustic impedance
  5. Thermal conductivity
  6. Electrical conductivities
  7. Refractive index
  8. Concluding remarks
  9. References
• Physical properties of gasolines
  1. Introduction
  2. Densities and viscosities
  3. Coefficient of thermal expansion
  4. Acoustic impedance, thermal and electrical conductivities
  5. Refractive index
  6. Vapour pressure
  7. Thermal conductivity
  8. Concluding remarks
  9. References
• Appendix on natural gas condensate
  1. A1. Introduction
  2. A2. Physical properties of natural gas condensate
  3. A3. Concluding remarks
  4. A4. References
• Physical properties of kerosenes
  1. Introduction
  2. Density
  3. Solid deposition
  4. Viscosity
  5. Acoustic impedance
  6. Capacitance
  7. Electrical conductivities
  8. Refractive index
  9. Vapour pressure
  10. Thermal conductivity
  11. Concluding remarks
  12. References
• Diesel fuels
  1. Introduction
  2. Solid deposition
  3. Viscosities
  4. Refractive index
  5. Electrical conductivity
  6. Lubricity
  7. Vapour pressure
  8. Thermal conductivity
  9. Concluding remarks
  10. References
• Products of refinery residue
  1. Heavy fuel oils
  2. Motor oil
  3. Petroleum jelly
  4. Concluding remarks
  5. References
• Coal tars
  1. Introduction
  2. Distillate products from coal tars
  3. Coal tar pitch
  4. Fine chemicals from coal tar
  5. Concluding remarks
  6. References
• Alcohol-containing fuels
  1. Introduction
  2. Methanol
  3. Ethanol
  4. Comparisons of methanol and ethanol with gasolines
  5. Methanol-gasoline blends
  6. Ethanol-gasoline blends
  7. Concluding remarks
  8. References
• Biodiesel fuels
  1. Introduction
  2. Viscosity
  3. Thermal conductivity
  4. Refractive index
  5. Particle deposition
  6. Vapour pressures
  7. Concluding remarks
  8. References
• Hydrocarbons existing either as cryogens or as liquefied gases
  1. Introduction
  2. Vapour pressures
  3. Ethylene
  4. Simple hydrocarbons used as refrigerants
  5. Concluding remarks
  6. References
• Postscript