Temperature Dependence of the Viscosity of Isotropic Liquids

Temperature dependence of the shear viscosity measured for isotropic liquids belonging to the three homologous series: 4-(trans-4'-n-alkylcyclohexyl) isothiocyanatobenzenes (C$\text{}_{n}$ H$\text{}_{2n+1}$ CyHx Ph NCS; nCHBT, n=0÷12), n-alkylcyanobiphenyls (C$\text{}_{n}$H$\text{}_{2n+1}$ Ph Ph CN; nCB, n=2÷12) and 1,n-alkanediols (HO(CH$\text{}_{2}$)$\text{}_{n}$OH; 1,nAD, n=2÷10) were analysed with the use of Arrhenius equation and its two modifications: Vogel-Fulcher and proposed in this paper. The extrapolation of the isothermal viscosity of 1,n-alkanediols (n=2÷10) to n=1 leads to an interesting conclusion concerning the expected viscosity of methanediol, HOCH$\text{}_{2}$OH, the compound strongly unstable in a pure state.