Methanol, viscosity

Diffusion of molecules in a solvent will depend on the nature of the molecules and on the nature of the solvent. Two important factors are the size of the molecules and the viscosity of the solvent. The analyst has no control on the size of the molecules, but should always choose the solvent that has the lower viscosity. For example when facing the choice between methanol (viscosity =... 

Usually it is not easy to predict the viscosity of a mixture of viscous components. Certain binary systems, such as methanol and water, have viscosities much greater than either compound. 

Methacrylic acid polymer is iasoluble ia the monomer, which may result ia the plugging of transfer lines and vent systems. Polymers of the lower alkyl esters are often soluble ia the parent monomer and may be detected by an iacrease ia solution viscosity. Alternatively, dilution with a nonsolvent for the polymer such as methanol results ia the formation of haze and can be used as a diagnostic tool for determining presence of polymer. 

Bead Polymerization Bulk reaction proceeds in independent droplets of 10 to 1,000 [Lm diameter suspended in water or other medium and insulated from each other by some colloid. A typical suspending agent is polyvinyl alcohol dissolved in water. The polymerization can be done to high conversion. Temperature control is easy because of the moderating thermal effect of the water and its low viscosity. The suspensions sometimes are unstable and agitation may be critical. Only batch reaciors appear to be in industrial use polyvinyl acetate in methanol, copolymers of acrylates and methacrylates, polyacrylonitrile in aqueous ZnCh solution, and others. Bead polymerization of styrene takes 8 to 12 h. 

Polybutene resins. These liquid resins are obtained by cationic polymerization of petroleum C4 streams in the presence of AICI3 at relatively low temperature. Temperature and AICI3 concentration are important factors as they influence the molecular weight and viscosity of the final resin. After reaction, the mixture is deactivated with water, methanol, ammonia or aqueous sodium hydroxide. The organic layer is separated and distilled to remove solvent and unconverted material. 

Solvent can affect separation in two different ways. Because water is a better solvent for these four columns than water/methanol, based on the swelling or void volume of the columns in Table 17.9, the separation should be better in water than in water/methanol. The relative viscosity of a 0.5% PEO standard from Aldrich (Lot No. 0021kz, MW 100,000) in water and in water/methanol with 0.1 M lithium nitrate is 1.645 and 1.713, respectively. This indicates that the hydrodynamic volume of PEO in water is smaller than in water/methanol. The difference in hydrodynamic volume between two PEO standards should also be larger in water/methanol than in water. Hence, the separation for PEO should be better in water/methanol than in water. The results in Table 17.8 indicate that separation efficiency is better in water than in water/methanol... 

Several factors can contribute to the difference in retention times for PEO in different mobile phases the viscosity of a mobile phase, the hydrodynamic volume of a PEO, and the swelling or void volume of a column. Shodex and TSK columns should swell more in water than in water/methanol, and PEO should therefore come out later in water than in water/methanol. PEO should also elute later in water than in water/methanol because water/methanol is a better solvent for PEO than water. The viscosity of the 50 50 water/methanol mobile phase is higher than the viscosity of water. PEO should therefore elute later in water/methanol than in water due to the difference in viscosity. The results in Table 17.9 indicate that the difference in retention time for PEO in water and in water/methanol depends more on the swelling of columns and the hydrodynamic volumes of PEO than the viscosities of mobile phases. 

Accurate viscosity measurements have been made on dilute solutions containing atomic or small molecular ions, either water or methanol being the solvent. In 1929, Jones and Dole,1 studying extremely dilute aqueous solutions, found that their results could be written in the form... 

Conventional Partial Molal Ionic Entropies. Correlation between Ionic Entropy and Viscosity. Conventional Partial Molal Entropy of (H30)+ and (OH)-. The Conventional and the Unitary Entropy of Solution. Solutes in Aaueous Solution. Solutes in Methanol Solution. 

Solutes in Methanol Solution. In Table 23 we have seen that for four solutes in methanol the viscosity //-coefficients are positive. This is the case even for KC1 and KBr, for which the coefficients are negative in aqueous solution. In Sec. 88 it was pointed out that it would be of interest to see whether this inversion is likewise accompanied by a change in sign for the ionic entropy. Although no accurate values for the entropy of solution of salts in methanol arc available, reliable estimates have been made for KC1, KBr, and NaCl.1 Since the /1-coefficients of KC1 and KBr have been determined both in methanol and in water, all the required data are available for these two solutes. The values of A/S" given in Table 29 have been taken from Table 34 in Chapter 12, where the method of derivation is explained. The cratie term included in each of these values is 14 cal/deg, as already mentioned in Sec. 90. 

Table 29. Entropies of Solution and Viscosities in Methanol and in Water...

Although the viscosity B-coefficients in methanol are known for very few solutes, the numerical values in Table 23 suggest that the values would be positive, even for such solutes as KNO3 and Csl, which have the largest negative coefficients in aqueous solution. 

Turning next to the unitary part of AS0, this is given in Table 36 under the heading — N(dL/dT). It was pointed out in Secs. 90 and 106 that, to obtain the unitary part of AS0 in aqueous solution, one must subtract 16.0 e.u. for a uni-univalent solute, and 24.0 e.u. for a uni-divalent solute. In methanol solution the corresponding quantities are 14.0 and 21.0 e.u. In Table 36 it will be seen that, except for the first two solutes KBr and KC1, the values are all negative, in both solvents. It will be recalled that for KBr and KC1 the B-coefficients in viscosity are negative, and we associate the positive values for the unitary part of the entropy, shown in Table 29, with the creation of disorder in the ionic co-spheres. In every solvent the dielectric constant decreases with rise of temperature and this leads us to expect that L will increase. For KBr and KC1 in methanol solution, we see from Table 36 that dL/dT has indeed a large positive value. On the other hand, when these crystals dissolve in water, these electrostatic considerations appear to be completely overbalanced by other factors. 

As seen from Tables 23 and 21 the ion pair (K+ + Cl") increases the viscosity of methanol but diminishes that of water. We recall that the values for the entropy of solution in Table 29 show a parallel trend in the galvanic cells of Sec. 112 placed back to back, this difference in ionic entropy between aqueous and methanol solutions would alone be sufficient to give rise to an e.m.f. We must ask whether this e.m.f. would be in the same direction, or in the direction opposite to the e.m.f. that would result from a use of (199). 

The indicator solution is prepared by dissolving 0.2 g of the dyestuff in 15 mL of triethanolamine with the addition of 5 mL of absolute ethanol to reduce the viscosity the reagent is stable for several months. A 0.4 per cent solution of the pure dyestuff in methanol remains serviceable for at least a month. 

There have been numerous studies on the kinetics of decomposition of A IRK. AIBMe and other dialkyldiazenes.46 Solvent effects on are small by conventional standards but, nonetheless, significant. Data for AIBMe is presented in Table 3.3. The data come from a variety of sources and can be seen to increase in the series where the solvent is aliphatic < ester (including MMA) < aromatic (including styrene) < alcohol. There is a factor of two difference between kA in methanol and k< in ethyl acetate. The value of kA for AIBN is also reported to be higher in aromatic than in hydrocarbon solvents and to increase with the dielectric constant of the medium.31 79 80 Tlic kA of AIBMe and AIBN show no direct correlation with solvent viscosity (see also 3.3.1.1.3), which is consistent with the reaction being irreversible (Le. no cage return). 

To cold diionyl chloride (1.31 g, 11 mmol) in an ice-water bath, pyridine (10 mL) is added slowly for 10 min to keep the reaction temperature low. The reaction medium is stirred for 30 min. Then, a mixture of isophdialic acid (0.41 g, 2.5 mmol) and terephdialic acid (0.41 g, 2.5 mmol) in pyridine (10 mL) is added slowly for 10-20 min to control the reaction temperature. The cooling badi is then removed and the reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature for 20 min. 2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (bisphenol-A, 1.14 g, 5 mmol) in pyridine (10 mL) is added all at once to the mixture, and the whole solution is heated to 80°C (bath temperature) for 4 h. The resulting viscous solution is diluted with pyridine and poured into methanol to precipitate the polymer, which is washed in boiling methanol and dried. The inherent viscosity of polymer is 2.2 dL/g (determined in 60/40 phenol-1.1.2.2-tetrachloroethane at 30°C)... 

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