Thermodynamics Research Center / ThermoML | Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics

ABSTRACT

This article reports experimental densities rho and speeds of sound (u) for the binary mixtures of di-n-butylamine and diisopropylamine with 2-butanol and 2-pentanol at a temperature range of (293.15-308.15) K with a temperature step of 5 K over entire composition range and at atmospheric pressure. Various thermodynamic parameters have been calculated using experimental data of densities and speeds of sound. The different parameters calculated are excess molar volume VmE, excess isentropic compressibilities kappasE, deviations in speed of sound uD, apparent molar volumes Vphi, partial molar volumes V-m, excess partial molar volumes V-mE excess intermolecular free lengths LfE and excess acoustic impedance ZE. These parameters have been analysed in terms of nature and extent of intermolecular interactions. Effects of temperature, chain length and branching on intermolecular interactions have also been examined. Apart from this, FT-IR spectroscopy technique has also used to find more support for the results obtained from the calculated thermodynamic parameters. All the calculated properties have been correlated using Redlich-Kister type polynomial equation by the method of least-squares for the estimation of the binary coefficients and the standard deviations.