Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
215983 The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 2013 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

•We have carried out a thermophysical characterization of methyl levulinate.•The study has been performed over a temperature range from (278.15 to 328.15) K.•pρT behavior has been studied over a temperature range from (333.15 to 453.15) K.•TRIDEN equation has been used to correlate pρT data.•Results have been compared with of ethyl and butyl levulinate and levulinic acid.

Several thermophysical properties (density, speed of sound, refractive index, surface tension, static permittivity and dynamic viscosity) of methyl levulinate have been measured under atmospheric pressure at temperatures from (278.15 to 338.15) K, while the vapor pressure was determined over a temperature range from (333.15 to 453.15) K. Furthermore, pρT behavior has been also investigated using a high-pressure, high-temperature vibrating tube densimeter over a temperature range from (283.15 to 338.15) K and a pressure range from (0.1 to 60.0) MPa. All these values obtained for methyl levulinate have been compared with other members of the levulinate family and also with levulinic acid.

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