Partial molal volume behavior of tetraalkylammonium chlorides in aqueous acetone and aqueous dimethylsulfoxide

Abstract

The partial molal volumes of a series of tetraalkylammonium chlorides in aqueous acetone and aqueous dimethylsulfoxide at 25.000 °C are reported as a function of solvent composition. It is shown that for each solvent composition the partial molal volume data are better represented by a quadratic in solute molecular weight than by the linear expression previously employed in similar studies. Extrapolation of molecular partial molal volumes to zero cation molecular weight has permitted evaluation of the partial molal volumes of the ions R₄N⁺ and Cl⁻. The variation of molecular and ionic partial molal volume as a function of solvent composition is discussed.