Molecular structure of a water-polyethylene glycol-KOH system, according to densitometry and viscometry data

The dynamic viscosity and density of a water-polyethylene glycol-KOH system are measured at temperatures of 293.15 to 323.15 K in concentrations ranging from 0.00001 and 0.001 (mole fractions). The activation parameters of viscous flow (ΔG _η ^≠ , ΔH _η ^≠ , and ΔS _η ^≠ ), structural temperature (T ₀), the partial molar volume of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in solution $left( {tilde V} right)$ , intrinsic viscosity([η]), and the Huggins constant (K _H), are calculated. It is found that PEG has a structuring effect on water in water-PEG and water-PEG-KOH systems, with the PEG structuring effect in the latter being somewhat attenuated by the destructuring influence of KOH.