Viscosities of Fatty Acid Methyl and Ethyl Esters under High Pressure: Methyl Myristate and Ethyl Myristate

摘要

Viscosity have been measured in ethyl myristate (C16H32O2) and methyl myristate (C15H30O2) at pressures up to 100 MPa along isotherms ranging from 293.15 to 403.15 K. The measurements were carried out by using a falling-body viscometer as well as a quartz crystal resonator viscometer. A comparison made between both sets of data reveals a good agreement with the different viscometers. Based on the data provided, high pressure correlations are proposed to represent viscosity in terms of density and temperature within the expanded experimental uncertainty. In addition a scaling method is given to relate the viscosity to a single thermodynamic quantity.