Excerpt from Tables of Thermal Properties of Gases: Comprising Tables of Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Air, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Steam The computation of the thermodynamic properties of the real gases was accomplished through the representation of the data of state (pvt data) by one of a number of equations of state. Except for the data for steam, which were fitted to an empirical equation, the virial equation of state was employed in this compilation. The virial equation expresses the compressibility factor, Z pv/rt, as an infinite series either in powers of the density or the pressure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.