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Concentration and temperature dependence of the refractive index of ethanol-water mixtures: influence of
R J Riobóo1, M Philipp, M A Ramos
1Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (C.S.I.C.), Campus de Cantoblanco, E-28049-Madrid, Spain. rjimenez@icmm.csic.es
Abstract:
The temperature and concentration dependence of the refractive index, nD(x, T), in ethanol-water mixtures agrees with previous data in the ethanol-rich concentration range. The refractive index versus concentration x determined at 20 degrees C shows the expected maximum at about 41 mol% water (22 mass% water). The temperature derivative of the refractive index, dnD/dT, shows anomalies at lower water concentrations at about 10 mol% water but no anomaly at 41 mol% water. Both anomalies are related to intermolecular interactions, the one in nD seems to be due to molecular segregation and cluster formation while the origin of the second one in dnD/dT is still not clear.
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