The density and viscosity of synthesized 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide ([C n mim]I, n ) 4, 6, 8) were measured in the wide range of temperature of (298 to 393) K. Using a vacuum line, measurements of the viscosity were made under a water-vapor free atmosphere. The viscosity decreases sharply with temperature and increases as the alkyl chain length increases. The molecular dynamics simulation was performed for the densities of these ionic liquids to remedy the lack of literature experimental data. The results are quite in agreement with the experiments, with a maximum deviation of 3.00 % due to [C 8 mim]I at 358 K. The viscosities fit best in the modified Arrhenius, Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann (VFT), and Litovitz equations. The viscosities also fit in the simple linear equation we proposed recently with accuracies comparable with Litovitz and VFT.
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