Comelli and Francesconi examined mixtures of propionic acid with various other organic liquids at 313.15 K (F. Comelli and R. Francesconi, J. Chem. Eng. Data 41, 101 (1996)). They report the excess volume of mixing propionic acid with tetrahydropyran (THP, oxane) as VE = x1x2{a0 + a1(x1 − x2)}, where x1 is the mole fraction of propionic acid, x2 that of THP, a0 = −2.4697 cm3 mol−1, and a1 = 0.0608 cm3 mol−1. The density of propionic acid at this temperature is 0.971 74 g cm−3; that of THP is 0.863 98 g cm−3. (a) Derive an expression for the partial molar volume of each component at this temperature. (b) Compute the partial molar volume for each component in an equimolar mixture.
Comelli and Francesconi examined mixtures of propionic acid with various other organic liquids at 313.15 K (F. Comelli and R. Francesconi, J. Chem. Eng. Data 41, 101 (1996)). They report the excess volume of mixing propionic acid with tetrahydropyran (THP, oxane) as VE = x1x2{a0 + a1(x1 − x2)}, where x1 is the mole fraction of propionic acid, x2 that of THP, a0 = −2.4697 cm3 mol−1, and a1 = 0.0608 cm3 mol−1. The density of propionic acid at this temperature is 0.971 74 g cm−3; that of THP is 0.863 98 g cm−3. (a) Derive an expression for the partial molar volume of each component at this temperature. (b) Compute the partial molar volume for each component in an equimolar mixture.
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