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6 APPENDIX
6.1 Suitable Solvents for Vapor Pressure Osmometry
Solvent Boiling
Point (°C)
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene
(Mesitylene)
164.6 90-130
Recommended
Working Temperature
(°C)
Approximate Values for
Measurement Effects *
(Digits)
Acetone 56.2 37- 45
Acetonitrile 81.6 37- 60 24-30
Ethanol 78.32 45- 60 24-30
Ethylacetate 77.1 37- 60 32-40
Ethylene chloride 83.6 25- 60
Ethyl bromide 38.3 25
Ethylene bromide 131.6 60- 90
Benzene 80.2 25- 60 48-60
Bromobenzene 156.2 60-130
Bromoform 149.5 37- 90
Butanone; (2)-Methyl ethyl ketone 79.6 37- 60
Butyl acetate 126.1 45- 90
Chlorobenzene 131.7 60- 90
Chloroform 61.2 25- 45 56-70
Cyclohexane 80.8 37- 60Chl 60-75
Diethyl ether 34.6 25- 30 40-50
Dimethyl sulfoxide 1 00 60- 90 8-10
Dioxane 101 60
Furane 32 25 48-60
Methanol 64.7 45 20-25
Methylene bromide 96.5 37- 60
Methyl isobutyl ketone 116.9 45- 60
Methylene chloride 40.6 25 56-70
N,N-dimethyl formamide 155 90-120 36-45
n-heptane 98.34 37- 60
n-hexane 68.8 37- 60
n-propanol 97.2 45- 60 28-35
o-dichlorobenzene 179.5 90-130 56-70
o-xylene 143 90
Pyridine 115.5 60- 90 36-45
Carbon disulfide 46.25 25- 37 60-75
Tert. butanol 82.55 45- 60
Carbon tetrachloride 76.7 25- 45 48-60
Toluene 110.8 37- 90 40-50
Trichloroethylene 87 37- 60 48-60
Water 100. 37- 60 8-10
* Measurement effect for a solution with a concentration of 1x10-3 mol/kg The size of the
measurement effects depends a great deal on the measurement temperature. Higher measurement
temperatures cause higher measurement effects.
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