Excess parameters for binary mixtures of alkyl benzoates with 2-propanol at different temperatures

Density (ρ), viscosity (η), and speed of sound (U) values for the binary mixture systems of methyl benzoate + 2-propanol and ethyl benzoate + 2-propanol including those of pure liquids were measured over the entire mole fraction range at five different temperatures (303.15, 308.15, 313.15, 318.15, and 323.15) K. From these experimentally determined values, various thermo-acoustic parameters such as excess isentropic compressibility $ left( {K_{text{s}}^{text{E}} } right) $ , excess molar volume (V ^E) and excess free length $ left( {L_{text{f}}^{text{E}} } right) $ , excess Gibb’s free energy (ΔG ^*E), and excess enthalpy (H ^E) have been calculated. The excess functions have been fitted to the Redlich–Kister type polynomial equation. The deviations for excess thermo-acoustic parameters have been explained on the basis of the intermolecular interactions present in these binary mixtures. The theoretical values of speed of sound in the mixtures have been evaluated using various theories and have been compared with experimentally determined speed of sound values in order to check the applicability of such theories to the liquid mixture systems under study. Viscosity data have been used to test the applicability of standard viscosity models of Grunberg–Nissan, Hind–Mc Laughlin, Katti–Chaudhary, Heric and Brewer, Frenkel, Tamura and Kurata at various temperatures for the binary liquid systems under study.