Ethyl nonanoate is a promising component
of biodiesel with a satisfactory
cetane number and reactivity. The speeds of sound in ethyl nonanoate
were measured by the Brillouin light scattering (BLS) method within
the temperatures from 295.24 to 593.15 K and at pressures up to 10
MPa. The relative expanded uncertainty (k = 2) of
our BLS experimental system is estimated to be less than 0.7%. The
densities of ethyl nonanoate were measured using a vibrating tube
densimeter at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range of 293.15–353.15
K, and the absolute average relative deviation between the experimental
densities and the literature data is 0.12%. For temperatures between
303.15 and 353.15 K and at pressures up to 10 MPa, these measurements
were used to calculate densities, isobaric heat capacities, and indirect derivative properties including the isobaric thermal expansion,
the isothermal compressibility, the isentropic compressibility, and
the internal pressure. The comparison between the calculated isobaric
heat capacities and the literature values shows a satisfactory agreement
with an absolute average relative deviation of 0.18% and a maximum
deviation of 0.38%. At the end, the dependences of internal pressure
of ethyl nonanoate on temperature and pressure were found to be in
accordance with those of ethyl caprylate and ethyl caprate.