Speed of Sound, Density, and Derivative Properties of Tris(2-ethylhexyl) Trimellitate under High Pressure

ACL; International audience; Speed of sound measurements were carried out in liquid tris(2-ethylhexyl) trimellitate (TOTM) at pressures up to 200 MPa along isotherms ranging from (293.15 to 373.15) K in order to report data of density and its derivatives. The measurements were performed with a pulse echo technique working at 3 MHz. Additional density and heat capacity measurements were carried out at atmospheric pressure in order to initiate the estimation procedure of volumetric properties from speed of sound integration. Results were compared with density measurements performed with a U-tube densimeter at pressures up to 140 MPa on the same sample. Finally, an equation that correlates density and its derivatives within their estimated uncertainties is given. © 2017 American Chemical Society.