Alkyl Acetates Research Articles

Diamagnetism of Alkyl Acetates

Susceptibility measurements on the first five primary alkyl acetates and on methanol, made with the manometric balance of Wills and Boeker over the range 5\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}-70\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, are described. The results show a very slight variation of susceptibility with temperature and an indication of increasing temperature dependence for higher members of the acetate series. The molecular susceptibility of C${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$ is found to be additive in agreement with Pascal's law. The magnetic properties of Ni${\mathrm{Cl}}_{2}$ solutions are discussed with special regard to the work of Fahlenbrach, and experiments on Ni${\mathrm{Cl}}_{2}$ solutions as used for calibrating the manometric balance are described. No variation in the calibration depending on the method of preparing the solutions was found.