Ionic conductivity in the water-rich region of aqueous 2-butoxyethanol
Ionic conductivities of HCl, KOH, and KCl were measured in aqueous solutions of 2-butoxyethanol (BE) at 25 °C. The quantity, Λj′ = σ/xj, which is almost proportional to the molar conductivity, was extrapolated to the infinite dilution xj → 0. σ is the conductivity and xj is the mole fraction of j(= HCl, KOH, or KCl). The plots of 0Λj′, the value of Λj′ extrapolated to infinite dilution, against xBE showed a change in slope at xBE = 0.0175. The previous work from this laboratory indicated that the mixing scheme changes qualitatively at the same locus, xBE = 0.0175. By mixing scheme we simply mean the way in which BE and H2O molecules mix with each other. Assuming additivity in 0Λj′ in terms of constituent ions, those values for H+OH− were calculated. Plots of [Formula: see text] thus calculated as a function of xBE in the water-rich region, 0 < xBE < 0.0175, suggest that the hydrogen bond probability decreases in the bulk of solution, as xBE increases. Keywords: aqueous 2-butoxyethanol, ionic conductivities, mixing schemes, hydrogen bond network.
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