Thermodynamics Research Center / ThermoML | Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics

ABSTRACT

Ionic liquids have been regarded as promising alternatives to conventional volatile organic solvents. For effective employment of ionic liquids as solvents in various industrial set-ups, the knowledge of their common physical properties is essential. Densities and dynamic viscosities of seven common and popular ionic liquids in the temperature range (283.15 to 363.15) K at 10 K interval are presented. In order to assess the role of the structure of the ionic liquid cation and anion, the selected ionic liquids are comprised of two groups. First group of four ionic liquids is constituted of same 1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium ([bmim+]) cation and hexafluorophosphate [PF6 ], ethylsulfate [CH3CH2OSO3 ], trifluoromethysulfonate [CF3SO3 ], and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [(CF3SO2)2N ] anions, and the second group of four ionic liquids is constituted of same [(CF3SO2)2N ] anion and 1-methyl-1- propylpiperidinium [pmpip+], N,N,N-trimethylethanolammonium [choline+], 1-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium [emim+], and [bmim+] cations. Decrease in density with increasing temperature is found to follow a simple linear expression for all ionic liquids. Anion of the ionic liquid appears to control the density more than the cation. Density and its temperature dependence depend on the number of fluorine atoms present in the anion of the ionic liquid followed by the molar mass. The temperature dependence of the dynamic viscosity of the ionic liquids is found to be better described by a Vogel Ful cher Tamman (VFT) model as opposed to an Arrhenius expression. The two ionic liquids with aromatic imidazolium cations have relatively lower dynamic viscosities as compared to the two with non-aromatic cations.