Partial molal volumes of ions in organic solvents. IV. Ethylene glycol

Apparent molal volumes have been measured for several electrolytes in ethylene glycol (EG) and the standard state partial molal volumes, V₂°, evaluated. Ultrasonic vibration potentials (uvp) have also been measured for most of the alkali metal halides in EG, and these employed to evaluate ionic partial molal volumes, V° (ion). The results show unambiguously that the uvp is essentially independent of solvent viscosity. The V₂° data have also been divided into ionic components by four other techniques including, the method of Mukerjee, the use of Ph₄AsBPh₄, the correspondence method and an extrapolation of V₂° for a series of tetraalkylammonium bromides as a funtion of cation molecular weight. With the exception of the latter technique, all methods used give 30±2 cm³-mol^–1 for V° (ion), although the uvp leads to the largest value for V° (ion). The divisions have been analyzed also with the aid of Hepler's equation, and the results suggest that the uvp method gives a more accurate division and that the EG dipole is more hindered than the dipole in ethanol.