The viscosity (), density () and ultrasonic velocity (u) of pure diethyl ether (DEE) and three alkanols, namely methanol, n-propanol and n-butanol, and their binary mixture with DEE as a common component have been experimentally measured at 303.16 K under atmospheric pressure. The experimentally measured parameters were employed to compute the values of isentropic compressibility ( s ), intermolecular free length (L f ), molar volume (V m ), acoustic impedance (Z), available volume (V a ), free volume (V f ), internal pressure ( i ) and the viscous relaxation time (). Furthermore, the deviation functions such as DV m , DV f , DV a , D, DL f , D s , DZ, D i were estimated in the entire range of DEE molefraction. The compositional variation of deviation functions were correlated to the Redlich-Kister-type polynomial equation. The sign and magnitude of deviation parameters have been interpreted in terms of H-bonding, proper interstitial accommodation in the structural process and the dipole-dipole type of molecular interactions between DEE and alkanol molecules. Theoretical values of ultrasonic velocity in all three binary mixtures have been estimated using five different empirical relations, such as Nomoto's relation, Junjie's relation, Rao's relation, Van Deal-Vageel's ideal mixing relation and impedance dependence relation. The relative merit of these relations with the measured values of ultrasonic velocity is discussed in this article.
IntroductionIn continuation of our earlier work [1] on studies of molecular interactions in binary mixtures of diethyl ether (DEE) with some apolar solvents, the present investigation is extended to binary mixtures of DEE with some aliphatic alkanols using ultrasonic probe. DEE is an important nuclear extractant, which is of particular interest in the reactor technology. Evaluation of acoustic parameters, such as ultrasonic velocity, intermolecular free length, acoustic impedance and other related thermodynamic quantities, find wide range of applications in elucidating useful information for