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Thermodynamic properties of RbBr and CsBr in 2-butanol (5 mass.%) + water mixture

Molar conductivities of dilute solutions of rubidium and cesium bromide in binary mixtures of 2-butanol and water with 5 mass. % of alcohol were measured in the temperature range from 15 °C to 35 °C. Data were processed using conductivity model based on the Lee-Wheaton equation. A three-parameter adjustment did not give uniform values for the association distance R. Therefore, the Bjerrum critical distance was chosen as a fixed value of that parameter (R = q). By repeated treatment, the limiting molar conductivity and the ion-pair formation constant were solved at each temperature, and the thermodynamic quantities of the association reaction were derived at 25 °C. The obtained thermodynamic quantities, together with Walden product, were compared with literature data for RbBr and CsBr in mixtures with 2-butanol mass fraction (w) 70, 80, 90 and 95 %. From the thermodynamic quantities it is seen that the association reaction is spontaneous, endothermic and leads to an increased disorder in the system ; all these features are more pronounced in mixtures with a higher alcohol content.

2-butanol + water mixtures ; RbBr ; CsBr ; association to ion-pairs ; thermodynamic quantities

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