Transport properties of nonelectrolyte liquid mixtures. XI. Mutual diffusion coefficients for toluene + n-hexane and toluene + acetonitrile at temperatures from 273 to 348 K and at pressures up to 25 MPa

Abstract

Mutual diffusion coefficients,D12, have been measured at pressures up to 25 MPa using the chromatographic peak broadening technique (Taylor dispersion method) forxtoluene+(1−x)n-hexane in the temperature range 298 to 348 K and forxtoluene+(1−x) acetonitrile in the temperature range 273 to 348 K. The estimated uncertainty is ±4%. Both systems show negative deviations from straight-line behavior. The fractional decrease inD12is about 0.8% per MPa. Hard-sphere theory is applied under limiting conditions where one of the components is present in a trace amount. It is shown that the diffusion coefficients can be estimated by the Dullien method from a knowledge of the viscosity and density under the same conditions.