The attenuation of ultrasound in water-alcohol mixtures by the method of streaming

Experimental results on the attenuation of ultrasound in polar-polar liquid, that is, water-alcohol mixtures, by the method of streaming are presented. A comparative study of the results obtained by this method and those obtained by other methods has been made. Results of the present investigations agree well with those obtained by other workers. From the observed attenuation data, the bulk viscosity coefficients ‘b’ of the mixtures have been determined using Eckart's formalism on streaming.Satisfactory results could be obtained in the cases of water/methyl alcohol, and water/ethyl alcohol mixtures at all percentage compositions of mixtures but in the case of water/n-propyl alcohol satisfactory results could not be obtained at 5% to 40% mixture compositions. This observation bears the similarity with the cases of pure non-polar liquids. Here the observed results have been attempted to be explained, at least on the basis of relevant physical principles, in terms of dipole moment and dielectric constant.