Abstract of the paper ``Analysis of ultrasonic velocities in hydrocarbon mixtures''

Ultrasonic velocity data on hydrocarbon mixtures was shown by Wang and Nur [JASA 89, 2725 (1991)] to agree quite well with the predictions of a simple mixing rule (volume average of velocity). The same data is reanalyzed using Wood's formula and the time average approximation. Wood's formula for acoustic velocity is shown to be always less than the time average formula, which is itself always less than the simple mixing rule result. Although the volume average rule agrees best with the data on binary mixtures of 1-decene and 1-octadecene, all these formulas agree with the data to within 1 % and, therefore, it is not possible to distinguish among the formulas using this data set. Similar results are also found for six multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures.

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