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THIS book is mainly concerned with physico-chemical principles affecting petroleum technology. It begins with some mathematical and thermo-dynamic principles, then deals with one, two, and multi-component systems largely from the experimental point of view, the text being illustrated by many clear diagrams. There are references to recent literature. The phase rule and thermodynamics are really the basis of the treatment, but the correlation of experimental data is what is emphasized throughout. When quantitative knowledge of the physico-chemical properties is available it is introduced. The section on multi-component systems should be particularly interesting to the petroleum specialist. An appendix deals with retrograde condensation.
Volumetric and Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons
By Prof. Bruce H. Sage Prof. William N. Lacey. (Associated with Research Project 37 of the American Petroleum Institute.) Pp. xii + 299. (Stanford University, Calif.: Stanford University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1939.) 28s. net.
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Volumetric and Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons. Nature 147, 372 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147372b0
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