Excess enthalpies, heat capacities, and excess heat capacities as a function of temperature in liquid mixtures of ethanol + toluene, ethanol + hexamethyldisiloxane, and hexamethyldisiloxane + toluene

Abstract

The heat capacities of liquid ethanol, toluene, and hexamethyldisiloxane, and of 14 binary mixtures of these were measured at atmospheric pressure at a series of temperatures between 298 and 348 K. In addition, the excess enthalpy was measured for each of the 14 mixtures at room temperature and corrected with the aid of the heat capacities to 298.15 K. The results were represented by empirical equations of a polynomial form. From these equations, the excess heat capacity was derived and the excess enthalpy was calculated, and fitted to equations, as a function of composition at temperatures between 298 and 348 K. All the mixtures are non-ideal as evidenced by the substantial excess enthalpy. The excess enthalpy for the mixtures containing ethanol showed a strong positive temperature dependence, while the variation of temperature between 298 and 348 K had little effect on the excess enthalpy of toluene + hexamethyldisiloxane.