. 2024 Aug 19;14(36):26246–26258. doi: 10.1039/d4ra03782k

Thermophysical properties of Therminol VP-1 reported by manufacturer and OM65, RT64HC, stearic acid and [N₄₄₄₄⁺][Cl⁻] measured in this paper. ρ denotes the liquid density; η, viscosity; T_m, melting temperature; h_m melting enthalpy; c_p specific heat capacity and λ, thermal conductivity.

		OM65	RT64HC	Stearic acid	[N₄₄₄₄⁺][Cl⁻]	Therminol VP-1^a
Applicability temperature range liquid (K)		341.5–499.6	339.6–475.4	343.4–492.6	346.4–439.7	285 to 673
ρ (kg m⁻³)		921 (294 K)	891 (293 K)	938 (287 K)	1050 (293 K)^a	1060 (298 K)
η (mPa s)	At 353 K	7.82	6.61	7.92	89.7	1.28
η (mPa s)	At 373 K	5.21	4.06	5.28	37.7	0.99
T _m (K)		341.5	339.6	343.4	346.4	285
h _m (kJ kg⁻¹)		203	252	214	29.2	97.3
c _p at 353 K (kJ kg⁻¹ K⁻¹)		2.80	3.00	2.59	1.80	1.719
λ (W m⁻¹ K⁻¹)	At ambient temperature	0.281 (293 K)	0.274 (294 K)	0.270 (293 K)	0.164 (290 K)
λ (W m⁻¹ K⁻¹)	At 345 K	0.195^b	0.192^b	0.229^b	0.256^c	0.131

Data reported by manufacturer.

Data calculated using eqn (8) and the parameters Table 12.

Interpolates from the data in Table 13.

Thermophysical properties of Therminol VP-1 reported by manufacturer and OM65, RT64HC, stearic acid and [N4444+][Cl−] measured in this paper. ρ denotes the liquid density; η, viscosity; Tm, melting temperature; hm melting enthalpy; cp specific heat capacity and λ, thermal conductivity.