Study of Nonideality Behavior of p-Methylacetophenone and 1-Alkanol Mixtures from Measurement and Modeling of Density and Viscosity

The aim of this work is to investigate experimentally and theoretically thermophysical properties (density and viscosity) and derived properties (excess molar volume and viscosity deviation) of p-methylacetophenone + alkanols (C5 to C9) in the range of 293.15 to 323.15 K and a pressure of 0.1 MPa. The properties studied were density, viscosity, excess molar volume, and deviation in viscosity. To model the density of the liquid mixtures, we used the perturbed chain-statistical associating fluid theory equation of state (PC-SAFT EoS) and the volume translated Peng-Robinson-Stryjek-Vera equation of state (VTPRSV EoS). Using a correlation approach an overall deviation of 0.34% and 0.28% was obtained, respectively, while good predictive results were obtained (0.44% using PC-SAFT EoS and 0.46% using VTPRSV EoS). Also, we use two correlations without fitted parameters (Kendall-Munroe correlation and Nguyenhuynh correlation) to model the experimental viscosity and obtained an overall deviation of 5.07% and 3.07%. In addition, the Redlich-Kister correlation (with three fitted parameters) was able to correctly correlate the excess molar volume and the deviation in viscosity for all mixtures. Finally, the results obtained from the work have been discussed in terms of the nature of molecular interactions between the components of the p-methylacetophenone + alkanol mixture.