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PROPERTY TABLES AND CHARTS
(a) Low pressures, 0 < PR < 1.0

TR = 5.00
3.00
1.0
8.0 0 .0 0 2.00
6 5.0 0
4.0 0 3.5 0

0.60
3.0 0

0.7 .
0.6
1.60

5 070
2 .6 0 2 .4 0 .2 0

5
2
0.9
0. 2.0 0 1.40
80 1.8 0 1.30
1 .6 0 .5 0
1
0.8
5 1.4 0
1.20
0.8 1.3 0
0. 9 1.2 0 1.15
0 1 .1 0
COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR, Z = —– 1.00
Pv
RT 1.10
NOTE TR = 2.5 Z ≈1.00 0.90
0.7 0.9
TR = 15 ≈ TR = 3.00 5 0.80
---DEVIATION > 1.0% 1.0
5
0 .7
NELSON — OBERT v R=
0.6 GENERALIZED 1.00 2.00 T
1.60

R
=
1.40
COMPRESSIBILITY CHARTS

1.0
1.20
1.10
30 1.05
P 1.00
REDUCED PRESSURE, P = —– 20 0.95
0.5 R Pcr CHART Z 0.95 0.90
T

00..60

0.6
REDUCED TEMPERATURE, TR = —– No. 15
Tcr 0.85

5
1
v 12 10
PSEUDO REDUCED VOLUME, v = ––—––– 0.80

0.7
R
vRr

0
RTcr / Pcr
0.4 0.90 0.75
0.00 0.05 0.10

1953 PR

0.3
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
REDUCED PRESSURE, P
R

(b) Intermediate pressures, 0 < PR < 7

1.10 3.50
TR = 5.00
2.50

1.00
00 2.00
53.

00
00 60 1.40 1.80
3.

1.
2.

0
0.90 20 1 .0
1. 0 80 70 1.60
.9 0 . 0 . 0
0 .6 .5 0
0

=0 1.50
v R 0.45
COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR, Z = —–

0.80
RT
Pv

0
0.4 1.40
5
0 .3
.30
0.70 0
1.30 0.25
.2 0
0.60 =0
vR
1.20

0.50 NELSON — OBERT

1.15 GENERALIZED
COMPRESSIBILITY CHARTS
P
0.40 1.10 REDUCED PRESSURE, P = —–
R Pcr CHART
T
REDUCED TEMPERATURE, T = —– No.
R Tcr
v 2
1.05 PSEUDO REDUCED VOLUME, v = —–
R
RTcr / Pcr
0.30

1953
TR = 1.00
0.20
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0
REDUCED PRESSURE, P
R

FIGURE A–15
Nelson–Obert generalized compressibility chart.
Used with permission of Dr. Edward E. Obert, University of Wisconsin.