The need for alternatives to fossil fuels motivates the
study of
compounds and mixtures with potential applications in an eventual
energetic transition. Densities of binary mixtures comprising 2,5-dimethylfuran
and four alkanes (octane, nonane, decane, and dodecane) were determined
by using a U-shaped vibrating tube densimeter. The study was carried
out at temperatures from 293.15 to 333.15 K, considering intervals
of 5 K. The pressure was the atmospheric pressure of 0.078 MPa. The
binary mixtures were prepared for the whole range of composition,
at intervals near 0.1 in mole fraction. Isobaric thermal expansion
coefficients were calculated, and their variation with respect to
temperature and the alkane were examined. Excess molar volumes of
the mixtures were obtained, resulting in positive deviations from
ideality for the four systems. A relation between the magnitude of
the deviation and the size of the alkane was observed. An empirical
approach to modeling the excess molar volume, the Redlich–Kister
correlation, was applied. Additionally, the theoretical model, the
Prigogine–Flory–Patterson (PFP) model, was fitted to
the excess molar volume data. The PFP model parameter was analyzed,
and a relation with the size of the alkanes was found. The values
of the parameters were of an order that agrees with the nature of
the compounds in this work. Both approaches resulted in good agreement
with the data and their suitability.