Measurements and correlation of high-pressure densities of phosphonium based ionic liquids

Experimental density measurements are reported along with the derived thermodynamic properties (isothermal compressibility, isobaric expansivity, and thermal pressure coefficient) for trihexyltetradecylphosphonium-based ionic liquids-chloride, bromide, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, dicyanamide and methyl sulfonate-in the pressure range (0.10 to 45.00 MPa) and temperature range (283.15 to 333.15) K. The effect of the anion of the ionic liquid on the properties under study was evaluated. Experimental densities were correlated using the Tait equation, the modified cell model equation of state, and the Sanchez-Lacombe equation of state, and compared against the predictive method proposed by Gardas and Coutinho. It is shown that the three correlations describe well all the ILs studied, with the Tait equation providing the lowest average relative deviation (less than 0.004 %) and the Sanchez-Lacombe equation of state the highest (inferior to 0.5 %), and that the predicted densities estimated by Gardas and Coutinho method are in good agreement with the experimental densities determined. © 2011 American Chemical Society.