Density and speed of sound measurements of hexadecane

The density and speed of sound of hexadecane have been measured with two instruments. Both instruments use the vibrating-tube method for measuring density. Ambient pressure (83 kPa) density and speed of sound were measured with a commercial instrument from T = (290.65 to 343.15) K. Adiabatic compressibilities are derived from the density and speed of sound data at ambient pressure. Compressed liquid density was measured in a second instrument and ranged from T = (310 to 470) K with pressures from (1 to 50) MPa. The overall relative expanded uncertainty of the compressed liquid density measurements is 0.10–0.13% (k = 2). The overall relative expanded uncertainty (k = 2.3) of the speed of sound measurements is 0.2% and that of the ambient pressure density measurements is approximately 0.04% (k = 2.3). The ambient pressure and compressed liquid density measurements are correlated within 0.1% with a modified Tait equation.