A simple correlation to predict surface tension of binary mixtures containing ionic liquids

Ionic liquids are in a developing situation in nowadays research and industrial atmosphere. In some industrial applications and academic researches, one will face with binary mixtures containing ionic liquids, therefore; many studies have been done evaluating the properties of binary mixtures containing ionic liquids. In this study, it has been tried to find a general trend and precise correlation to predict surface tension of binary mixtures containing ionic liquids. To do this, Multi-Gene Genetic Programming (MGGP), which is one of the most powerful techniques of soft computing, has been used. Mole fraction, Temperature, Molecular weight of two components and boiling point have been used as input parameters of the network, where surface tension of the mixture was the output parameter. Utilizing the mentioned parameters and MGGP, precise networks obtained. On top of that, using MGGP, a general correlation has been generated for obtaining surface tension of binary mixtures containing Ionic Liquids variable with just mole fraction and in constant temperature. Moreover, adding one term to the mentioned correlation gave a precise correlation for the surface tension variable with mole fraction and temperature. These two correlations are very promising and simplifying for determining the surface tension of binary mixtures containing ionic liquids. The precision of these correlations has been evaluated using correlation coefficient (R-2) and AARD, which was respectively, average 0.994 and 0.9567% for all used binary mixtures. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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This study used Multi-Gene Genetic Programming (MGGP) to predict the surface tension of binary mixtures containing ionic liquids, obtaining accurate correlations that can determine the surface tension with just mole fraction and constant temperature. The results of this study are promising for simplifying and determining the surface tension of such mixtures.