Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring ultrasonic velocity of liquid under different hydrostatic pressure was specially designed with the method of Pulse-Echo-overlap. Under the hydrostatic pressure ranged from 0.1 to 650 MPa, we measured ultrasonic velocity and attenuation coefficient of petroleum ether which is an important liquid-medium for transmitting pressure. An empirical formula of experimental data was obtained. The pressure dependence of ultrasonic velocity c is as follows: c=1. 063+6.77110-3p-2.28210-5p2+5.44910-8p3-6.07710-11p4+ 2.436 10-14p5 (0p700 MPa). In addition, we measured mass and compressed volume, getting the variation of density of petroleum ether with pressure: =0.6246+1.00710-3p-1.82310-6p2+2.54810-9p3-1.39310-12p4 (0p700 MPa). Finally, according to the equation c=(1/)1/2, the relation between hydrostatic pressure and adiabatic compressibility coefficient of petroleum ether were obtained.