Eutectic melt, physical properties

The freezing point diagram for the hydrazine—water system (Eig. 1) shows two low melting eutectics and a compound at 64 wt % hydrazine having a melting point of —51.6°C. The latter corresponds to hydrazine hydrate [7803-57-8] which has a 1 1 molar ratio of hydrazine to water. The anomalous behavior of certain physical properties such as viscosity and density at the hydrate composition indicates that the hydrate exists both in the Hquid as well as in the soHd phase. In the vapor phase, hydrazine hydrate partially dissociates. 

The presence of several anions in these ionic liquids has the effect of significantly decreasing the melting point. Considering that the formation of eutectic mixtures of molten salts is widely used to obtain lower melting points, it is surprising that little effort has been put into identifying the effects of mixtures of cations or anions on the physical properties of other ionic liquids [17]. 

The useful potential window of the equimolar AlCl3-NaCl melt extends from about 2.2 to 0 V vs. the A1(III)/A1 couple in NaCl(satd) melt. Plambeck [30] summarizes the physical properties of the equimolar (mp = 151 °C) and 63-37 mol% eutectic melts. Pyrex cells are satisfactory for use with the AlCl3-NaCl melt. Teflon has also been used in these melts, but it slowly decomposes. Experimentation with the alkali metal chloroaluminates requires the use of an inert-atmosphere glove box or a gas-tight cell. 

These compels, as well as the DNT and unsym-metrical TNT isomers, all form, with 2,4,6-TNT, low-melting eutectics which exude, as mentioned under Physical Properties ... 

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The alkali carbonate eutectic melt (1) used in the process is a mixture of 32 wt % lithium carbonate, 33 wt % sodium carbonate, and 35 wt % potassium carbonate. The physical properties of the eutectic are given in Table I. 

Table I. Physical Properties of the Alkali Carbonate Eutectic Melt...

The physical properties of the copolymers vary with melt point. The copolymers are more flexible as the composition approaches the eutectic point. Indeed, copolymers around the 50/ SO mole ratio of terephthalic/sebacic acid are elastomeric in nature, and were extensively studied by DuPont as elastic fibers. Eutectics are also observed in ethylene terephthalate/adi-pate and butylene terephthalate/sebacate copolymers. Introduction of an additional monomer, for example, sebacic acid or azelaic acid in butylene terephthalate/iosphthalate polymers, results in further modification of the properties. In general, introduction of the aliphatic chains results in lowering of the melting point, increased flexibility, greater adhesion properties, and in the case of crystalline polyesters, a faster ciystallization rate. 

The striking effect of the alkali metal cation on the physical properties of mixed melts of this sort is shown particularly well in a comparison of the PbCla-KCl and PbCl-s-NaCl systems. As described by Bloom (1959), the latter shows a simple phase eutectic, only slight deviations in the equivalent conductivity and activation energy (negative and positive, respectively), linear molar volumes, and PbCh and NaCl activities which deviate little from ideality. The surface tensions of the PbCh-MCl systems regularly change from a linear relationship with LiCl to an even deeper minimum than illustrated in Fig. 3 (c) for CsCl. 

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