Measurements and Theoretical Analysis of Excess Molar Volumes for Binary Mixtures of Dimethyl Sulfoxide with Xylenes

Abstract

Excess molar volumes, VE, have been measured for binary liquid mixtures of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with xylenes (o- xylene, m- xylene and p-xylene) at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The excess volumes values were found negative over the entire composition range for all the mixtures. The VE values increase in order: p-xylene[ m-xylene[ o-xylene. The Flory and Prigogine-Flory-Patterson (PFP) thermodynamic theories of solution have been used to analyze the VE data. The calculated VE values were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data.