Densities, speeds of sound, refractive indices, excess and partial molar properties of polyethylene glycol 200 + benzyl methacrylate binary mixtures at temperatures from 293.15 to 318.15 K

Abstract

Green and biodegradable solvents are requisite replacements to volatile organic solvents. Polyethylene glycols have been recognized as alternatives to volatile organic solvents in numerous industrial and pharmaceutical applications because of their unique properties. In this work the measurements of physicochemical properties, viz., densities, ρ, speeds of sound, u and refractive indices, nD of the binary mixtures of PEG 200 with benzyl methacrylate, including pure liquids, over the entire mole fraction range at the temperatures, T/K = 293.15 to 318.15 and at atmospheric pressure, p = 101 kPa. The experimental data were used to calculate the excess molar volume, VmE, excess isentropic compressibility, κsE, excess speed of sound, uE, excess acoustic impedance, ZE, excess molar isentropic compressibility, Ks,mE, excess refractive index, nDE and deviation in molar refraction, ΔRM . These excess properties were fitted with the Redlich-Kister polynomial equation. In addition, the partial molar volumes and partial molar compressibilities and excess partial molar volumes and excess partial molar compressibilities over the entire mole fraction range; and at infinite dilution were also calculated. The trends of these parameters with composition and temperature were discoursed from the point of view of intermolecular interactions existed in these mixtures.