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Symbol Description Relation SI Units other units
molality of component i mol/kg mol/g
molar concentration of component i, also called amount concentration (chemistry) mol/cm3
number concentration of component i 1/cm3
viscosity scaling parameter using ideal gas Da1/2K-1/6bar2/3
viscosity scaling parameter using real gas Da1/2K-1/6bar2/3
equation of state
Boltzmann constant 1.380 648 52(79) x 10-23 J/K
mean free path nm
molar mass g/mol
atomic mass Da or u
mass of component i kg/m3
relative molar mass Da or u
mass weighted relative molar mass Da or u
mole weighted relative molar mass Da or u
molar mass constant with value 1 g/mol g/mol
molecular weight Da or u
total amount of substance in volume mol mol
amount of substance in volume of phase p = l,g mol mol
total number of molecules in volume 1 1
number of molecules in volume of phase p = l,g 1 1
total number of countable objects in volume (generally) 1 1
Avogadro number 6.022 140 857 (74) x 1023 mol-1
pressure Pa bar, atm
molecular radius, particle radius or hard core radius nm
gas constant or Regnault constant 8.314 459 8(48) JK-1mol-1
mole ratio of component i (chemistry) mol/mol ppm, ppb, ppt
specific gravity or relative mass density 1
temperature K
fluid velocity in x-direction m/s
average molecular velocity in equilibrium state m/s
most probable molecular velocity in equilibrium state m/s
volume m3, L or cm3
molar volume cm3/mol
mass fraction (chemistry) kg/kg, g/g g/g, ppm, ppb, ppt
mole fraction of component i in liquid phase (physics) mol/mol mol/mol
mole fraction of component i (chemistry) mol/mol ppm, ppb, ppt
mole fraction of component i in gas phase mol/mol mol/mol
compressibility factor 1
mole fraction of fluid component i mol/mol
Greek letters
rotational coupling coefficient 1
viscosity cP or Pa.s
number flux of molecules (molecular flux) cm-2
volume concentration of component i (chemistry) m3/m3 cm3/cm3, L/L
Pitzer's acentric facor 1 1
volume specific amount molar density mole/cm3
mass concentration of component i mass density ) kg/m3, g/L
number density 1/m3
microscopic collision cross section m2
viscosity reducing parameter; reciprocal of E Da-1/2K1/6bar-2/3
mass ratio of component i (chemistry) kg/kg g/g, ppm, ppb, ppt
Subscripts and superscripts
c critical state
ccs collision cross section
C7+ hydrocarbons with 7 and more carbon atoms
dg low pressure gas or dilute gas
eos equation of state
g gas phase index
i,j fluid component index
l liquid phase index
m mass weighted average
mix mixture
n mole weighted average
o reference fluid methane or reference state
p fluid phase index (physics)
p most probable value (physics) (also denoted m - most likely)
r relative
r reduced (scaled) state
ref reference substance or state
t total

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