Thermal analysis of binary liquid crystals eutectic system cholesteril p-phenoxi phenyl carbamate–cholesteril p-biphenyl carbamate

For a binary mixture of two liquid crystals, cholesteril p-phenoxi phenyl carbamate and cholesteril p-biphenyl carbamate, the solidus?Cliquidus equilibrium was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the thermodynamic parameters were obtained. Simple eutectic point was observed for this system, situated approximately at the same temperature for all the studied compositions. This behavior is favored by grinding and is more evident in the composition 50:50. The excess functions G ^E and S ^E for the pre-, post-, and eutectic composition have been calculated using the phase diagram data. Comparing the experimental data with the existing theoretical data, the system deviation from the ideal behavior is observed. The structure of pure compounds was elucidated using FT-IR and hot-stage polarizing microscopy.