0000000000406942

AUTHOR

F. Goffredi

Effect of tetrahydrofuran on the conductance and ion-pairing of hydrogen chloride in wet and dry methanol mixtures

The molar conductance of dilute solutions of HCl in wet (68.5% methanol + 31.5% tetrahydrofurane mixtures at 25°C have been measured. The data were analyzed using the Fuoss-Hsia equation to calculate the infinite dilution molar conductances and association constants. The trend of the limiting conductances in these mixtures as a function of the water content shows, once more, the peculiar minimum due to the anomalous proton conductance mechanism. From these data the limiting molar conductance in the anhydrous binary solvent system was evaluated. The percentage excess proton mobility with respect to potassium ion has also been determined. All these data are compared to those found in a binary…

research product

Water structure in water/AOT/n-heptane microemulsions by FT-IR spectroscopy

Abstract FT-IR spectra in the OH stretching region of water/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)/n-heptane microemulsions as a function of the water/AOT molar ratio (R) and of the weight fraction (φ) of the micellar phase have been recorded at 25°C. After elimination of the unwanted CH contribution and correction for the water concentration, the shape of the normalized OH bands has been found to be dependent on R and practically independent of φ. The analysis of these bands in terms of “bound” and “bulk” water (representing, as a first approximation, the two water domains within the water pool) allowed the evaluation of the fraction (α) of the “bound” water as a function of R. A…

research product