Ion association of lithium bromide,chloride and picrate and of sodium picrate in 2-propanol at 25°C. I. Conductance measurements

The molar conductances of lithium bromide, chloride and picrate, and of sodium picrate have been determined as a function of salt concentration in 2-propanol solvent at 25°C. Values of the limiting molar conductance, Λ₀, and ion pair formation constant K_A have been calculated for each of these salts using both the Fuoss 1978 and the Lee and Wheaton conductance equations. Both of these equations yield comparable results for the present systems. The limiting conductances found here are compored with those reported for lithium chloride in 1-propanol and acetone and with those for the picrates in acetone and 2-butanone, all solvents of comparable dielectric constants. The Rasaiah-Friedman square mound potential, h_+?/kT, has been calculated for each salt using the approach of Justice and Justice. These values for 2-propanol have been compared with those for lithium chloride in 1-propanol and in acetone and for the picrates in acetone and 2-butanone.     

Electrical conductances of tetrabutylammonium bromide and tetrapentylammonium bromide in 2-ethoxyethanol + water mixtures at 308.15, 313.15, 318.15 and 323.15 K

The electrical conductances of the solutions of tetrabutylammonium bromide (Bu₄NBr), and tetrapentylammonium bromide (Pen₄NBr) in 2-ethoxyethanol (1) + water (2) mixed solvent media containing 0.25, 50 and 0.75 mass fractions of 2-ethoxyethanol (w ₁) have been reported at 308.15, 313.15, 318.15 and 323.15 K. The conductance data have been analyzed by the 1978 Fuoss conductance–concentration equation in terms of the limiting molar conductance (Λ⁰), the association constant (K _A) and the association diameter (R). These two electrolytes are found to exist essentially as free ions in the solvent mixtures with w ₁ = 0.25 and 0.50 over the entire temperature range; however, slight ionic association was observed in the mixed solvent medium richest in 2-ethoxyethanol. The electrostatic ion–solvent interaction is found to be very weak for the tetraalkylammonium ions in the aqueous 2-ethoxyethanol mixtures investigated.     

PVTx measurements of the N-methylpyrrolidone/methanol mixed solvent: cubic and SAFT EOS analyses

The PVTx behavior for the x N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) + (1 - x) methanol compressed liquid solvent is reported over the full composition range and within wide pressure and temperature ranges. The derived excess properties were analyzed in terms of structural effects and intermolecular interactions and revealed strong H-bonding heteroassociations between the two components. The cubic equations of state by Soave (SRK), Peng-Robinson (PR), Patel-Teja (PT), and Sako-Wu-Prausnitz (SWP), and the statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) equation of state, combined with a number of selected mixing rules, were used to correlate and predict the behavior of both the pure components and mixed solvent. While the classical cubic equations of state were not successful in describing the properties of this system, the SWP equation of state and the SAFT yielded reasonably good results.     

Thermodynamic dissociation constants of salicylic and monochloroacetic acids in mixed solvent systems from conductance measurements at 25°C

The molar conductances of dilute solutions of salicylic and monochloroacetic acids in binary mixtures of methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, N,N-dimethylformamide, acetone, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane with water have been measured at 25°C. The Lee-Wheaton conductance equation was fitted to the data in order to derive thermodynamic dissociation constants and limiting molar conductances. The results were compared with those in the literature pertaining to analogous media, mostly derived potentiometrically. The findings are interpreted in terms of a solvent effect on the ionization of these acids in mixed solvent systems.This paper is dedicated to the late Professor Raymond M. Fuoss on his 3^rd anniversary.     

Prediction of the Conductance of Strong Electrolytes and the Calculation of the Ionization Constant of Weak Electrolytes in a Dilute Solution by a New Equation

In order to predict the conductance for dilute 1-1 valent electrolyte solutions,a new conductance equation was proposed based on the Onsager and Onsagar-Fuoss-Chen conductance equation.It has only one parameter A,which can be obtained directly from the data of ionic limiting molar conductivity Λ∞m,and its expression is very simple.The new equation has been verified by the experimental molar conductivities of some single strong electrolyte and mixed electrolyte solutions at 298.15 K reported in literatures.The results are in good agreement with the experimental data.Meanwhile the ionization constants of some weak electrolyte solutions were calculated by a modified equation of this new equation,and it was also found that the calculation results are in good agreement with the data in the literature.     

Conductance in isodielectric mixtures. I.n-butyronitrile with dioxane,benzene, and carbon tetrachloride

The conductance of tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylboride, picrate, nitrate, and bromide has been measured at 25°C inn-butyronitrile and in mixtures of this solvent with dioxane, benzene, and carbon tetrachloride covering the range of dielectric constants from 10–24.26. For the picrate, nitrate, and bromide, the association constants at a given dielectric constant are independent of the chemical composition of the solvent. The changes of Walden products with solvent composition, however, are different, depending on which other solvent is mixed with the butyronitrile.     

Conductance behaviour of HCl in water-ethylene glycol, water-diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol-diethylene glycol mixtures

The conductance behaviour of HCl in water-ethylene glycol, water-diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol-diethylene glycol mixtures was investigated in the complete range of solvent compositions of 25°C by applying the three-parameter conductance equation. No appreciable association of the acid was observed in any of the mixed solvents. The large decrease ofΛ ₀ andΛ ₀ η ₀ of the acid in the early and end composition region of the mixed solvents has been attributed to the drastic structural changes brought about by the addition of the organic component in the aqueous solvent mixtures and by the addition of diethylene glycol in the case of ethylene glycol-diethylene glycol mixtures.     

1,1,3,3-Tetraethylurea as a solvent for conductance studies

1,1,3,3-Tetraethylurea (TEU), a solvent of relatively low dielectric constant, 14.4, was evaluated as a medium for conductance studies of a series of alkali metal salts and organic acids. Conductance data for KSCN, NaSCN, NaI, NaClO₄, and NaBPh₄ in TEU were analyzed by the Fuoss-Shedlovsky, Fouss-Onsager, and expanded Pitts equations. The behavior of these salts in TEU was compared with that of the same salt series in the previously studied tetramethylurea. Tetraethylurea also was used successfully as a solvent for conductometric titrations of several carboxylic acids and phenols.     

Effect of the interfacial chemical environment on in-plane electronic conduction of indium tin oxide: role of surface charge, dipole magnitude, and carrier injection

Reaction of the indium tin oxide (ITO) surface with Br?nsted acids (bases) leads to increases (decreases) in its in-plane conductance as measured by a four-point probe configuration. The conductance varies monotonically with pH, suggesting that the degree of surface protonation or hydroxylation controls the surface charge density, which in turn affects the width of the n-type depletion layer and ultimately the in-plane conductance. Measurements at constant pH with a series of tetraalkylammonium hydroxide species of varying cation size indicate that surface dipoles also affect ITO conductance by modulating the magnitude of the surface polarization. Modulating the double layer with varying aqueous salt solutions also affects ITO conductance, though not to the same degree as strong Br?nsted acids and bases. Solvents of varying dielectric constant and proton donating ability (ethanol, dimethylformamide) decrease ITO conductance relative to H2O. In addition, changing solvent gives rise to thermally derived conductance transients, which result from exothermic solvent mixing. The self-assembly of alkanethiols at the surface increases the conductance of ITO films, most likely through carrier population effects. In all cases examined the combined effects of surface charge, adsorbed dipole layer magnitude, and carrier injection are responsible for altering the ITO conductance. Besides being directly applicable to the control of electronic properties, these results also point to the use of four-point probe resistance measurements in condensed phase sensing applications.     

Effect of tetrahydrofuran on the conductance and ion-pairing of hydrogen chloride in wet and dry methanol mixtures

The molar conductance of dilute solutions of HCl in wet (68.5% methanol + 31.5% tetrahydrofurane mixtures at 25°C have been measured. The data were analyzed using the Fuoss-Hsia equation to calculate the infinite dilution molar conductances and association constants. The trend of the limiting conductances in these mixtures as a function of the water content shows, once more, the peculiar minimum due to the anomalous proton conductance mechanism. From these data the limiting molar conductance in the anhydrous binary solvent system was evaluated. The percentage excess proton mobility with respect to potassium ion has also been determined. All these data are compared to those found in a binary isodielectric methanol mixture containing as cosolvent 1,4-dioxane. This comparison shows that proton mobilities are very similar in both solvent mixtures. The dielectric constants, refractive indices, viscosities and densities of the methanol-tetrahydrofuran mixtures in the whole mole fraction range have been measured and are reported. An analysis of the excess molar volumes and viscosities shows a slight deviation of this system from ideality.     

Conductance in isodielectric mixtures. II.i-butyronitrile with benzene,carbon tetrachloride,dioxane, and tetrahydrofuran

The conductance of tetrabutylammonium nitrate, perchlorate, and picrate and of tetraethyl-, tetrapropyl-, and tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylborides has been measured at 25°C ini-butyronitrile and in mixtures of this solvent with benzene, carbon tetrachloride, dioxane, and tetrahydrofuran, covering the range of dielectric constants 10–23.81. The association constant for a given salt is the same in isodielectric mixtures ofi-butyronitrile with the nonpolar liquids; association is greater at a given dielectric constant for the mixtures with tetrahydrofuran. Single-ion mobilities are specific for any ion-solvent combination and therefore cannot be described in terms of the radius of an equivalent sphere and the bulk dielectric constant and viscosity of the solvent.     

Single-ion and molar conductances. Application to transference number data analysis

Several of the present molar conductance equations have been examined in detail in order to obtain equations for the concentration dependence of the single-ion conductances which, when combined with existing conductance and transference data, permit three independent evaluations of the conductance parameters, in particular the association constant and the distance of closest approach of two ions of opposite charge. In order to make use of existing transference data it was necessary to develop a suitable extrapolation equation. It is shown that the procedures outlined constitute a useful test of the concentration dependence of transference numbers found experimentally.Equipe de recherche associée au C.N.R.S., ERA 310.     

Comparative conductimetric studies of salicylic acid in methanol-water mixtures at 25 °C

The conductivity of salicylic acid in methanol-water mixtures was measured at 25 °C. Experimental data were analyzed using the Hsia-Fuoss and Fuoss-78 conductance equations and a comparison was made. The Hsia-Fuoss and Fuoss-78 methods were also used to deter-mine the thermodynamic association constants and the limiting molar conductivities for all solvent compositions. The limiting equivalent conductance decreases with an increase in the methanol content in the binary mixtures over the whole range of solvent compositions, but the variation does not give a constant value of Walden product. The electrolytes were found to be practically completely associated in all solvent mixtures studied. The association constant of salicylic acid decreases as the dielectric constants of the mixtures increase.     

Conductance of lithium,sodium and potassium nitrates in acetonitrile-water and ethanol-water isodielectric mixtures at 25°C

Precise conductance measurements of solutions of lithium, sodium and potassium nitrates were made at 25°C in acetonitrile-water and ethanol-water isodielectric mixtures, containing up to 15 mole percent organic-solvent, and the data analyzed by the 1978–80 Fuoss conductance equations. Single ion conductances were determined with the help of transference numbers in the case of ethanol-water mixtures. Ion-pair association constants are discussed in terms of contact and solvent-separated ion-pairs and were found to be almost equal to those for the halides. The anion appears more sensitive than the cations to the solvent structure in mixtures rich in water.     

A computer simulation — Statistical procedure for predicting complexation equilibrium constants

The complexing properties of macrocyclic ligands have been quantitatively studied by the combined use of molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, and multiple linear regression. The dependent variables in the regression equations are experimental equilibrium constants for known macrocycle complexes in various solvents. The independent variables are theoretical simulation results on the solvent-free ligand and its complex and additional physically motivated empirical variables to describe solvent and other important effects.The systems studied were: (a) 314 metal ion-macrocycle-solvent (including 3 mixed solvents) combinations; (b) 88 ammonium ion-crown ether-solvent (including 1 mixed solvent) combinations; (c) 24 hydrogen ion-crown ether-H₂O combinations; (d) 26 Na⁺ ion-spherand-CDCl₃ combinations; (e) 78 ammonium ion-spherand-CDCl₃ combinations; and (f) 73 complicated host-guest-solvent (including 1 mixed solvent) combinations.For each system, we report the best regression equation obtained using the AMBER force field. The standard errors in logK range from 1.42 in the largest system to 0.36 in the smallest. Regression equations were determined for several of the systems using the MMP2 force field as well, and the equations are shown to be relatively insensitive to the force field.The predictive ability of the method was tested by predicting logK for 20% of the cases chosen at random using equations derived from the remaining 80%. The errors in the predicted values are shown to be consistent with the statistical assumptions of the model.Regression equations obtained with this method can be used to predict the equilibrium constants for new complexes involving some combination of new, possibly unknown macrocycle, new host and, in certain cases new solvent. No X-ray or other structural data for the macrocycle is needed.     

Vapour-liquid equilibrium of the acetone---methanol system in the presence of KSCN and comparison with other salts

The effect of KSCN at salt mole fractions of 0.01–0.05 and at saturation on the VLE of the binary acetone-methanol system has been experimentally investigated at 101.32 kPa using a modified Othmer equilibrium still. The experimental data were correlated by the electrolytic NRTL model [B. Mock, L.B. Evans and C.C. Chen, AIChE J., 32 (1986) 1655–1664], the extended UNIQUAC equation [B. Sander, A. Fredensland and P. Rasmussen, Chem. Eng. Sci., 41 (1986) 1171–1183] and the modified Wilson and NRTL models proposed by Tan [T.C. Tan, AIChE J., 31 (1985) 2083–2085; Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 65 (1987) 355–366; Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng., 68 (1990) 93–102]. The results were compared with those obtained by Tan's predictive models. A crossover between the salting-out and salting-in effects on acetone and a non-azeotropic minimum in the temperature-composition diagram were observed at low and high salt concentrations. Based on the solubility data in the mixture, comparisons with the effect of other salts on the same mixed solvent were made.     

Sol-Gel and Ultrafine Particle Formation via Dielectric Tuning of Inorganic Salt-Alcohol-Water Solutions

Under some conditions, inorganic salts can be as good precursors for sol-gel-type processing as those obtained from expensive metalloorganic precursors such as alkoxides. In this work, the formation of monodispersed hydrous zirconia microsphere particles (particularly nanosized) and gels was achieved in solutions of zirconyl chloride dissolved in alcohol-water mixed solvents. The dielectric property of the mixed alcohol-water solvent directly affects the nucleation and growth of zirconia clusters/particles in homogeneous solutions. A lower dielectric constant of mixed solvent corresponds to a lower solubility of inorganic solute and, thus, a shorter induction period for nucleation as well as higher solid particle growth kinetics. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) was used to monitor the homogeneous nucleation and growth processes, while final particles and gels were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-temperature X-ray diffraction (HTXRD). The sol-gel processes in the mixed solvent system can be adjusted using the processing parameters, including the initial inorganic salt concentration (C), alcohol/aqueous medium volume ratio of the mixed solution (RH), incubation temperature (T), incubation time (t), concentration of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), and ammonia neutralization. Monodispersed submicron and nanoscale (<100 nm) zirconia microspheres/powders were successfully synthesized under conditions of high RH (5) and using HPC (molecular weight of 100,000, 2.0x10(-3) g/cm(3)) and ammonia neutralization. Initial salt concentration affects the particle size significantly. Gel materials were obtained under conditions of low RH (1.0). Microstructure and transparency of gels changed significantly from low (0.05 M) to high (0.2 M) concentration of the metal salt. We have also demonstrated that monodispersed particle production can be achieved not only at low temperatures (<100 degrees C) but also at room temperature using an inorganic salt precursor. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Prediction of the surface tension of mixed electrolyte solutions based on the equation of Patwardhan and Kumar and the fundamental Butler equations

The predictive equation of Patwardhan and Kumar for the water activity of mixed electrolyte solutions has been used together with the fundamental Butler equations to establish a new simple predictive equation for the surface tension of mixed electrolyte solutions. This newly proposed equation can provide the surface tensions of multicomponent solutions using only the data of the corresponding binary subsystems of equal ionic strength. No binary interaction parameters are required. The predictive capability of the equation has been tested with the experimental data for 26 concentrated multicomponent electrolyte solutions at different temperatures and compared with the model of Li et al. Both equations agree well with the experimental results of systems examined over entire experimental composition ranges, but the new equation generally gives better predictions for most 1:1 electrolyte systems examined, and considerable improvement in predictions has been achieved for all the mixtures containing 1:2 and 2:2 electrolytes and for 1:1 electrolyte systems at higher temperatures.     

Investigations of salt — Mixed solvent systems XXXVIII. Crystallization enthalpy of magnesium chloride in mixed solvent systems

The crystallization enthalpies of MgCl₂ in MgCl₂–H₂O-cosolvent systems at 25°C were determined calorimetrically as a function of the cosolvent content in the mixed solvent. Methanol, acetone, and N,N-dimethylformamide were employed as cosolvents. The results show the individual cosolvents to have very differently influences on the energy state of the salt in the saturated solution. The most pronounced changes are effected by an increase of the DMF content in the mixed solvent. The intensity of Mg²⁺-DMF interaction at a higher DMF content in the saturated solution considerably exceeds the Li⁺-DMF interaction in LiCl solutions.