Thermodynamics Research Center / ThermoML | Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics

ABSTRACT

Non-ideal behaviour of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [bmim][PF6] in ethylene glycol monomethyl ether; CH3OCH2CH2OH (EGMME), ethylene glycol dimethyl ether; CH3OCH2CH2OCH3 (EGDME) and diethylene glycol dimethyl ether; CH3(OCH2CH2)2OCH3 (DEGDME) have been investigated over the whole composition range at T = (298.15 to 318.15) K. To gain insight into the mixing behaviour, results of density measurements were used to estimate excess molar volumes, V E m, apparent molar volumes, V/,i, partial molar volumes, V m;i, excess partial molar volumes, V E m;i, and their limiting values at infinite dilution, V1/;i, V1m;i, and V E;1 m;i , respectively. Volumetric results have been analyzed in the light of Prigogine Flory Patterson (PFP) statistical mechanical theory. Measurements of refractive indices n were also performed for all the binary mixtures over whole composition range at T = 298.15 K. Deviations in refractive indices D/n and the deviation of molar refraction DxR have been calculated from experimental data. Refractive indices results have been correlated with volumetric results and have been interpreted in terms of molecular interactions. Excess properties are fitted to the Redlich Kister polynomial equation to obtain the binary coefficients and the standard errors.