AMOUNT-OF-SUBSTANCE DENSITY OF CH4 AT TEMPERATURES FROM 322.5 K TO 700 K AND PRESSURES UP TO 35 MPA

New measurements of the amount-of-substance density of pure CH4 in the temperature range 322 K to 700 K at pressures from 5 MPa to 35 MPa ar e reported. The results have been obtained by using a fully automated isochoric instrument and their uncertainty is estimated to be about +/ -0.05 per cent at the lowest temperatures, rising to +/-0.1 per cent a t the highest temperatures. Comparisons with the predictions of the re cent empirical equation of state of Setzmann and Wagner, as well as wi th earlier experimental results, which the present work complements, a re included.