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Heat Capacity of Ionic Liquids: Experimental Determination and Correlations with Molar Volume

Paulechka, Y. U.[Yauheni U.], Kabo, A. G.[Andrey G.], Blokhin, A. V.[Andrey V.], Kabo, G. J.[Gennady J.], Shevelyova, M. P.[Marina P.]
J. Chem. Eng. Data 2010, 55, 8, 2719-2724
ABSTRACT
The heat capacities of nine room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs) were measured in an adiabatic calorimeter. The obtained results were compared with the literature data. It was demonstrated that in most works the uncertainty of the heat capacity measurements for ILs is underestimated, and the possible causes of this were discussed. With the use of the set of 19 ILs for which the reliable heat capacity data and the density data are available, it was found that the quotient of heat capacity at constant pressure to volume for these liquids remains constant within +- 5 % at a given temperature and linearly changes with temperature in the temperature range of (258 to 370) K. It was demonstrated that the selection of an IL for technical applications is limited not by its heat capacity but by the other parameters.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C7H13BrN2 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium bromide
2 C10H15N5 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide
3 C8H16N2O4S 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate
4 C8H15BF4N2 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate
5 C9H15F3N2O3S 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate
6 C12H23BF4N2 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate
7 C20H35F6N3O4S2 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
8 C9H18F6N2O4S2 butyltrimethylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
9 C11H20F6N2O4S2 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:8
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 72
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Mass density, kg/m3 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Pycnometric method
  • 12
  • POMD
  • 2
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 2
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:12
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 2
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 78
  • POMD
  • 3
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 92
  • POMD
  • 4
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 79
  • POMD
  • 5
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 5
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:4
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 5
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 39
  • POMD
  • 6
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 6
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:6
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 6
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 107
  • POMD
  • 7
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 7
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:12
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 7
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 50
  • POMD
  • 8
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 8
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:4
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 8
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 48
  • POMD
  • 9
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • Adiabatic calorimetry
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 9
  • Triple point temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • ADIACA:UFactor:4
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 9
  • Molar heat capacity at constant pressure, J/K/mol ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vacuum adiabatic calorimetry
  • 72