Liquid–liquid equilibria of 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate with 1-propanol or tert-butanol in the critical region

Abstract Coexistences curves of liquid–liquid phase transition were reported for the binary solutions of the room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C 8 mim][PF 6 ]) with 1-propanol or tert-butanol. The critical amplitude B and the critical exponent β corresponding to the coexistence curve were deduced and the values of β were found to be consistent with the 3D-Ising value. Asymmetry of the diameters for the coexistence curves were examined and discussed in the frame of the complete scaling theory.