In order to answer the question: is a solute water “negatively expansible” in tetrahydrofuran or not (?), a comparative analysis of own and literature data on the temperature-dependent partial volumes at the infinite dilution of water isotopologues in tetrahydrofuran have been carried out. Used for computing the limiting partial (apparent) volumes of water isotopologues, densities of H 2O and D 2O solutions in the solvent studied, with the solute mole fractions ranging up to ∼0.043, were measured with an error of 1.5 · 10 −5 cm 3 · mol −1 at (278.15, 288.15, 298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K and atmospheric pressure using a vibrating tube densimeter. It has been shown that the partial molar volume of H 2O or D 2O at infinite dilution increases with rising temperature; that is, the isotopically distinguishable solutions of water in tetrahydrofuran do not have the unusual structure-packing behavior being characteristic of the water-containing system with the so-called phenomenon of “negative partial molar expansibility”.
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