Isochoric heat-capacity measurements for pure methanol are presented as a function of temperature at fixed densities between 136 and 750 kg·m −3 . The measurements cover a range of temperatures from 300 to 556 K. The coverage includes the one-and two-phase regions, the coexistence curve, the near-critical, and the supercritical regions. A high-temperature, high-pressure, adiabatic, and nearly constant-volume calorimeter was used for the measurements. Uncertainties of the heat-capacity measurements are estimated to be 2-3% depending on the experimental density and temperature. Temperatures at saturation, T S (ρ), for each measured density (isochore) were measured using a quasi-static thermogram technique. The uncertainty of the phase-transition temperature measurements is 0.02 K. The critical temperature and the critical density for pure methanol were extracted from the saturated data (T S , ρ S ) near the critical point. For one near-critical isochore (398.92 kg·m −3 ), the measurements were performed in both cooling and heating regimes to estimate the effect of thermal decomposition (chemical reaction) on the heat capacity and phase-transition properties of methanol. The measured values of C V and saturated densities (T S , ρ S ) for methanol were compared with values calculated from various multiparametric equations of state (EOS) (IUPAC, Bender-type, polynomial-type, and nonanalytical-type), scaling-type (crossover) EOS, and various correlations. The measured C V data have been analyzed and interpreted in terms of extended scaling equations for 163 0195-928X/07/0200-0163/0 © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 164 Polikhronidi et al.the selected thermodynamic paths (critical isochore and coexistence curve) to accurately calculate the values of the asymptotical critical amplitudes (A ± 0 and B 0 ).