High-Pressure Viscosity and Density Behavior of Ternary Mixtures: 1-Methylnaphthalene+n-Tridecane+2,2,4,4,6,8,8-Heptamethylnonane

Abstract

The dynamic viscosity η and the density ρ of the ternary system, n-tridecane+1-methylnaphthalene+2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, were measured as a function of temperature from 293.15 to 353.15 K in 10 K increments at pressures up to 100 MPa. A falling body viscometer was used for measuring the dynamic viscosity above 0.1 MPa, while at 0.1 MPa the viscosity was obtained with an Ubbelohde viscometer. The overall uncertainty in the reported data is less than 1 kg·m⁻³ for densities and 2% for viscosities, except at 0.1 MPa where the uncertainty is less than 1%. The experimental results correspond to 882 values of viscosity. With reference to the 126 values published previously for the pure compounds and 882 values for the three associated binaries, the system is globally described by 1890 experimental values as a function of pressure, temperature, and composition. The results for the viscosity are discussed in terms of mixing laws and the excess activation energy of viscous flow.