Dielectric properties of mixtures of acetylene tetrachloride with toluene and acetone

Relative permittivities are reported for binary liquid mixtures of acetylene tetrachloride (ATC) with toluene and acetone at 35°C. Measurements of refractive indices have also been made for the mixtures. The values of the quantity , the deviations of the relative permittivities of these mixtures from ideality, have been calculated. The negative values of obtained for ATC+ toluene mixtures may be explained as being due to a decrease in the degree of alignment of the molecular dipoles with changing composition of the mixture, whereas the positive values of obtained for ATC+acetone mixtures are attributed to the formation of molecular complex between acetone and CHCl₂CHCl₂. The values of the Kirkwood correlation parameter g for both sets of mixtures have been calculated using the relative permittivity data.