Isopiestic determination of osmotic and activity coefficients of aqueous solutions of aliphatic polyols at 298.15 K

Abstract

The osmotic coefficients of 1,2-butanediol (12BD), 1,3-butanediol (13BD), 1,4-butanediol (14BD), 2,3-butanediol (23BD), 1,2,4-butanetriol (124BT) and 1,2,3,4-butanetetrol (1234BT) in water were measured by the isopiestic method at 298.15 K. Experimental osmotic coefficients were used to calculate water activity, solute activity coefficients and the pairwise Gibbs energy coefficients for solute–solute interactions.