Thermophysical properties such as
density (ρ),
speed of sound
(u), and refractive index (n
D) for pure N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NVP)
and binary mixtures of NVP with 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethanol (DEGMEE),
2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol (DEGMBE), and 2-(2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethanol
(TEGMME) have been measured over the whole range of mole fraction
from temperature T = (298.15 to 323.15) K and at
0.1 MPa pressure employing an Anton Paar vibrating U-tube density
and sound velocity meter (DSA 5000 M) and an Abbemat refractometer,
respectively. To quantify the nonideality in these systems, the experimental
data has been used to evaluate various acoustical and thermodynamic
parameters, such as excess molar volume (V
m
E), deviation in
the speed of sound (Δu), isentropic compressibility
(κs), excess isentropic compressibility (κs
E), deviation in
refractive index (Δn
D), molar refraction
(R
m), and polarizability (α). Molecular
interactions prevailing in these systems have been explained in terms
of variation in the measured and calculated values of physicochemical
parameters. The collected thermophysical data can be employed in the
optimization and design of a desulfurization/CO2-capture
process utilizing the studied solutions. Furthermore, this data can
also be utilized for the theoretical model extension as well as in
solving many difficult engineering problems such as fluid flow, heat
and mass transfer, and energy transformations.