Thermophysical property characterization of aqueous amino acid salt solutions containing α-aminobutyric acid

Highlights: • Thermophysical properties of aqueous potassium and sodium salt solutions of α-aminobutyric acid were studied. • Density, electrolytic conductivity, refractive index, and viscosity of the solution were measured. • The concentrations of amino acid salt ranges from x₁ = 0.009 to 0.06. • The temperature range studied was (303.15 to 343.15) K. • The measured data were represented satisfactorily by using the applied correlations. - Abstract: In this study, density, electrical conductivity, refractive index and viscosity of aqueous potassium and sodium salt solutions of α-aminobutyric acid were presented. Measurements were done over the temperature range (303.15 to 343.15) K and atmospheric pressure for salt compositions from x₁ = 0.009 to 0.062. A modified Graber et al. equation was used to correlate the density, electrical conductivity, and refractive index with temperature and composition leading to average absolute deviations (AAD) between the predicted and calculated values of 0.04%, 0.7%, and 0.01%, respectively. The viscosity data were represented as a function of temperature and composition via Vogel–Tamman–Fulcher (VTF) type equation at an AAD of 0.6%