화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.109, No.20, 9038-9051, 1998
Turbidity, light scattering, and coexistence curve data for the ionic binary mixture triethyl n-hexyl ammonium triethyl n-hexyl borate in diphenyl ether
We report turbidity, Light scattering, and coexistence curve data for a solution of triethyl n-hexyl ammonium triethyl n-hexyl berate in diphenylether. We recently reported that the present sample shows much higher turbidity than that of K. S. Zhang, M. E. Briggs, R. W. Gammon, and J. M. H. Levelt Sengers [J. Chem. Phys. 109, 4533 (1998)] for an earlier sample. An analysis of the data shows that nonclassical critical behavior is favored in the reduced temperature range from 10(-5) to 10(-2). At fixed reduced temperature, the correlation length is about twice as large as that of the previous sample. The correlation length amplitude calculated from the fit is 1.4 nm+/-0.1 nm. A detailed data analysis points out the limitations of turbidity measurements far away from the critical paint. The intensity of scattered light was measured at 90 degrees. Multiple scattering is relevant in the wider vicinity of the critical point and was corrected for by a Monte Carlo simulation method. An Ising-type exponent for the correlation length was obtained : nu = 0.641 +/- 0.003, and the amplitude of the correlation length xi(0)=1.34 nm+/-0.01 nm agrees with that of the turbidity experiment. Mean-held behavior can be ruled out. The refractive indices of coexisting phases were measured in the reduced temperature range from t=10(-4) to 0.04. These measurements disagree with results reported by R. R. Singh and K. S. Fitter [J. Chem. Phys. 92, 6775 (1990)]. The present data lead to an exponent beta=0.34+/-0.01, close to the Ising value. The coexistence curve is much narrower than that of Singh and Fitter. Crossover could not be detected in any of the experiments. Two-scale-factor universality could be confirmed for this and another ionic system within the experimental uncertainty.