The isobaric and isochoric heat capacities
of seven 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium
bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imides, two 1-alkyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium
bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imides, and two bis(1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium)
tetrathiocyanatocobaltates were determined at atmospheric pressure
in the temperature range from 293.15 to 323.15 K. The isobaric heat
capacities were determined by means of differential scanning calorimetry,
whereas isochoric heat capacities were determined along with isothermal
compressibilities indirectly by means of the acoustic method from
the speed of sound and density measurements. Based on the experimental
data, as expected, the isobaric heat capacity increases linearly with
increasing alkyl chain length in the cation of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium
bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imides and no odd and even carbon number
effect is observed. After critical comparison of the obtained data
with the available literature data, the most reliable values are recommended.
It has been also shown that, although the COSMOthermX calculations
underestimated the isobaric heat capacity values whatever the temperature
and the ionic liquid structure, the approach used during this work
may be applied to estimate physical properties of non-single-charged
ions as well. Additionally, based on the speeds of sound the thermal
conductivities were calculated using a modified Bridgman relation.