Heat capacity of the liquid-liquid mixture nitrobenzene and dodecane near the critical point

Abstract

The heat capacity of the liquid-liquid mixture nitrobenzene-dodecane has been measured for the first time near its upper critical consolute point using an adiabatic calorimeter. The theoretical expression for the heat capacity near the critical point was applied to our combined data runs. The critical exponent alpha was determined to be 0.124+/-0.006, which was consistent with theoretical predictions. When alpha was fixed at its theoretical value of 0.11, our value for the amplitude ratio A(+)A(-)=0.58+/-0.02 was consistent with experimental determinations and theoretical predictions. However, the two-scale-factor universality ratio X, now consistent among experiments and theories with a value between 0.019 and 0.020, was violated in this system when using a previously published value for the correlation length.