Measurement and modeling of osmotic coefficients of aqueous solution of ionic liquids using vapor pressure osmometry method

Osmotic coefficients of binary mixtures containing an ionic liquid. (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [BMIm]BF4, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate, [EMIm]ES, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium methyl sulfate, [BMIm]MS) with water were measured until about 3 molal concentrations using vapor pressure osmometry method (VPO) at temperature ranges 298.15-328.15 K and modeled using different electrolyte excess Gibbs free energy models including electrolyte non-random two liquids (NRTL), modified NRTL (MNRTL), mean spherical approximation NRTL (MSA-NRTL), non random factor (NRF), and extended Wilson models. The results show that osmotic coefficient data increase with increasing temperature. The calculated standard deviations of the studied systems show that the applicability of these models for the correlation of VLE properties of ionic liquid solutions. The average standard deviations for the models have the order sigma(phi) MNRTL < sigma(phi) Wilson < sigma(phi) NRTL < sigma(phi) MSA-NRTL < sigma(phi)NRF. The results show MNRTL model is able to reproduce experimental osmotic coefficients of aqueous Solution of studied ionic liquids with good precision. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.