Similarity of material properties /Use of the theory of thermodynamic similarity for the description of material properties/

Similarity theory is used to develop approaches for describing the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of gases, solids, and liquids, with emphasis on the latter. Forty methods for calculating such properties on the basis of minimal empirical information are presented. Consideration is given to such properties as vapor pressure, saturation-line vapor/liquid density, heat of evaporation, compressibility, states of compressed gas and dense liquid, and liquid specific heat. Particular attention is given to the properties of liquid metals.