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Class: CarbonTetrachloride

Description

The CarbonTetrachloride class represents the properties and constants for Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl₄).
It provides physical and thermodynamic properties required in process engineering simulations and calculations.

Properties

  • name (string): Carbon Tetrachloride
  • formula (string): CCl₄
  • molecular_weight (float): 153.82 g/mol

Class Reference

class CarbonTetrachloride()

Parameters:
temperature: Temperature, default = Temperature(25,"C")
pressure: Pressure, default = Pressure(1,"atm")
density: Density, default = None
specific_heat: SpecificHeat, default = None
viscosity: Viscosity, default = None
thermal_conductivity: ThermalConductivity, default = None
vapor_pressure: Pressure, default = None
enthalpy: HeatOfVaporization, default = None

Methods

The properties of the CarbonTetrachloride class are calculated using the following methods, which are inherited from the base Component class.

  • phase(): Detects the phase of the substance ("liquid" or "gas") by comparing the system temperature and vapor pressure.
  • density():
    • Liquid Phase: Uses DIPPR or experimental correlation
    • Gas Phase: Uses the Ideal Gas Law
  • specific_heat(): Calculates specific heat capacity (Cp​) as a polynomial function of temperature
  • viscosity():
    • Liquid Phase: Uses DIPPR correlation
    • Gas Phase: Uses Sutherland’s Law
  • thermal_conductivity(): Calculates thermal conductivity (k) as a polynomial function of temperature
  • vapor_pressure(): Calculates vapor pressure (Pvap​) using an Antoine-type correlation
  • enthalpy(): Calculates the enthalpy of vaporization (ΔHvap​) using a correlation based on reduced temperature

Examples

from processpi.components import CarbonTetrachloride
from processpi.units import *

ccl4 = CarbonTetrachloride(temperature=Temperature(25, "C"))
print(ccl4.density().to("kg/m3"))
print(ccl4.viscosity().to("Pa·s"))
print(ccl4.specific_heat().to("J/kgK"))
print(ccl4.thermal_conductivity().to("W/mK"))
print(ccl4.vapor_pressure().to("Pa"))
print(ccl4.enthalpy().to("J/kg"))