Excess Molar Volumes and Partial Molar Volumes of Binary Mixtures Containing Diethylcarbonate with Benzene and Substituted Benzenes at 293.15 K

Abstract

Densities of the binary mixtures of diethylcarbonate with benzene and substituted benzenes, namely toluene, bromobenzene, chlorobenzene and nitrobenzene have been measured as a function of the composition, at 293.15 K and atmospheric pressure using a bicapillary pycnometer with an accuracy of 4 parts in 10⁴.The calculated excess molar volumes, V ^E were correlated with Redlich-Kister equation. The excess molar volumes are negative over the entire range of composition for the systems diethylcarbonate with benzene, toluene, bromobenzene and nitrobenzene. An inversion of the sign of V ^E is observed over some concentration for mixtures of diethylcarbonate with chlorobenzene. Partial molar volumes, V_i are also evaluated and their values have been extrapolated to zero concentration to obtain the limiting value at infinite dilution, V^o _i . The numerical values of the excess molar volumes for binary mixtures decrease in the order: chlorobenzene > benzene > bromobenzene ≈ toluene > nitrobenzene. The results are explained in terms of dissociation of the self-associated solute molecules and the formation of aggregates between unlike molecules.

Keywords:

• Excess Molar Volumes
• Diethylcarbonate
• Benzene
• Substituted Benzenes
• Self-associated Redlich-Kister Equation