Ultrasonic relaxation in aqueous solutions of butanediols
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases
- Vol. 78 (4) , 1249-1255
- https://doi.org/10.1039/f19827801249
Abstract
Ultrasonic absorption and velocity have been measured to investigate the structural and dynamic properties of aqueous solutions of butane-1,4-diol and butane-1,2-diol at 20 °C. In the former solution no excess absorption was found, and in the latter solution a single relaxational process was observed in the frequency range 15–220 MHz. The excess absorption mechanism has been analysed as a solute–solvent interaction, AB ⇌ A + B, and the rate constants for butane-1,2-diol solution have been determined to be kf= 1.5 × 108 s–1 and kb= 1.6 × 108 dm3 mol–1 s–1 for the forward and backward steps, respectively. The influence of the position of hydroxy groups in the molecules on the water structure is discussed by a comparison with the results for solutions of the two dihydric alcohol.Keywords
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