Acoustic,Viscometric, and Spectroscopic Studies of Dipropylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether with n-Alkanols at Temperatures of 288.15, 298.15, and 308.15 K

Speeds of sound have been measured in dipropylene glycol monopropyl ether mixtures with methanol, 1-propanol, 1-pentanol, and 1-heptanol as a function of composition at 288.15, 298.15, and 308.15 K and atmospheric pressure. Measurements of viscosity at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure have also been made for the same mixtures over the whole composition range. The speeds of sound were combined with our previous densitity results to obtain the isentropic compressibility κ _S . The molar volumes were multiplied by the isentropic compressibilities to obtain estimates of K _S,m and its excess counterparts K_S,m^EK_{S,m}^{mathrm{E}}. The K_S,m^EK_{S,m}^{mathrm{E}} values are negative over the entire range of composition for all mixtures. Deviations in viscosity η from the mixing relation ∑x _i ln η _i and excess Gibbs energies of activation for viscous flow ΔG ^∗E have been derived for all of these systems. Also, from the speed of sound results, the apparent molar compressibilities [`(K)]_f,i⁰overline{K}_{phi ,i}^{0} of the components have been calculated at infinite dilution. The variations of these properties with the composition, temperature and the number of carbon atoms in the alcohol molecule are discussed in terms of molecular interactions. The experimental results have also been discussed on the basis of IR measurements.