Research Article

High Pressure Falling Sinker Liquid Viscosity Determination without Supplementary Density Data: A New Approach

Table 4

Experimental and published viscosity and density data for n-dodecane.

Pressure (calculated) Error (calculated) Error
(MPa)(kg m−3)(kg m−3)(%)(mPa s)(mPa s)(%)

14.5722.5758.7−4.771.7421.761−1.06
20.3834.5762.49.471.821.877−3.01
24.31075.3764.840.611.8041.96−7.97
31.2610.4768.8−20.612.1452.1111.62
35.2588.5771−23.672.2542.2012.39
39.7656.3773.5−15.152.3482.3051.87
45.2659.5776.4−15.062.482.4391.68
49.9741.5778.8−4.802.5552.558−0.13
54.51000.4781.128.062.5492.678−4.81
59.8903.1783.715.242.7592.821−2.20
64.8931.5786.118.502.8772.962−2.86
70.4889788.612.723.0563.124−2.18
75862.6790.79.103.2493.264−0.46
81867.2793.49.303.3993.456−1.66
85.9759.5795.5−4.533.6853.6171.89
95.2648.8799.3−18.834.1513.9435.27
115.1703.1807.1−12.894.94.7193.84
120.5612.1809.1−24.355.2314.955.67