The Viscosity of Gaseous n-Butane and Its Initial Density Dependence

New relative high-precision measurements of the viscosity η of gaseous n-butane were carried out in an oscillating-disk viscometer. Seven series of measurements were performed between 298 and 627 K. in the density range from 0.01 to 0.05 mol·L−1. Isotherms recalculated from the original experimental data were analyzed with a first-order expansion, in terms of density, for the viscosity. Reduced values of the second viscosity virial coefficient deduced from the zero-density and initial-density viscosity coefficients for n-butane are in good agreement with the representation of the Rainwater–Friend theory. The new experimental data and some data sets from the literature were used to develop a representation for the viscosity of n-butane in the limit of zero density on the basis of the extended principle of corresponding states. It has been shown that an individual correlation is needed to represent the experimental data between 293 and 627 K with an uncertainty of ±0.4%.