A study of some physical properties for binary system of cyclohexane with n-decane and 1-pentanol at different temperatures

Abstract EN

The experimental densities, ρ, refractive indices, nD, and viscosities, η, of binary mixtures of cyclohexane + n-decade and cyclohexane + 1-pentanol have been measured at 298.15, 308.15, 318.15, and 328.15 K over the whole mole fraction range.

From these results, excess molar volumes, VE, have been calculated and fitted to the Flory equations.

The VE values are negative and positive over the whole mole fraction range and at all temperatures.

The excess refractive indices nE and excess viscosities ηE have been calculated from experimental refractive indices and viscosity measurements at different temperature and fitted to the mixing rules equations and Heroic–Courses equation respectively to predict theoretical refractive indices; we found good agreement between them for binary mixtures in this study.

The variation of these properties with composition and temperatures of the binary mixtures are discussed in terms of molecular interactions.