The volume change on ionizatin of weak electrolytes

1954 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
SD Hamann ◽  
SC Lim

The standard partial molar volumes of some strong and weak electrolytes have been measured in water and three other solvents. The results have been used to estimate the volume changes which accompany the ionization of weak electrolytes. Solvent effects are discussed.


1969 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 933-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Marquis ◽  
Wallace O. Fenn

A simply constructed dilatometer or volumeter was used to measure small volume changes (ca. 6 × 10−4 ml per milliliter) accompanying growth of Streptococcus faecalis cultures. Polymerization reactions involved in cell synthesis appeared to contribute little to the observed changes, and dilatation of cultures in glucose-containing media could be interpreted mainly in terms of volume changes associated with cleavage of glucose to lactic acid, ionization of lactic acid, and protonation of buffer ions in the culture. Glycolysis in suspensions of nongrowing cells was accompanied by similar increases in volume. In contrast, arginine degradation by S. faecalis was accompanied by contraction, and in this case the volume change could be almost completely accounted for by differences in partial molar volumes of products and reactants. Possible relationships between metabolic volume changes and pressure sensitivity of bacteria are discussed.



Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Prehoda ◽  
John L. Markley

The transfer of liquid hydrocarbons into water is accompanied by a large decrease in volume at 25 °C and atmospheric pressure, with typical values for ΔV°tr of — 2.0 ml mol methylene−1. Considering the large amount of apolar surface that is exposed when a globular protein unfolds, the hydrocarbon transfer results imply that the change in volume accompanying the unfolding process (ΔV°obs) should be highly negative under these conditions. However, experimental data on the pressure denaturation of proteins typically yield relatively small values of ΔV°obs at atmospheric pressure and 25 °C. We analyze this apparent inconsistency in terms of a simple thermodynamic dissection of the partial molar volume. This approach allows the volume effects that result from solute-solvent interactions to be determined from experimental partial molar volumes. The use of absolute quantities (partial molar volumes) circumvents assumptions associated with the use of results from transfer experiments. An important finding is that hydration of apolar species is less dense than bulk water. This discovery leads to the conclusion that the contribution to ΔV°obs for protein unfolding from the hydration of apolar surfaces is highly positive, contrary to predictions based on transfer data. Further, hydration of polar surfaces makes a positive contribution to ΔV°obs. The large, positive term from the differential hydration of the folded and unfolded states is compensated by the difference in free volume of the protein in the two states. This finding provides a new framework for interpreting pressure effects on macromolecules. The full characterization of a macromolecular system requires knowledge of the effect of pressure on the system. The thermodynamic information obtained from using pressure as a perturbation is a volume change for the particular reaction being studied. The observed volume change, ΔV°obs, for protein unfolding may provide insight into the mechanisms that determine the three-dimensional structure of the folded state. Pressure denaturation experiments have been demonstrated for a number of proteins, including ribonuclease A (Gill & Glogovsky, 1965; Brandts et al., 1970), chymotrypsinogen (Hawley, 1971), metmyoglobin (Zipp & Kauzmann, 1973), and, more recently, lysozyme (Samarasinghe et al., 1992) and staphylococcal nuclease (Royer et al., 1993).



1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 419
Author(s):  
GA Bottomley ◽  
JA Evans

Aqueous suspensions of zeolite(4A) in the potassium and sodium forms have been separately exchanged with Ca2+ at 25�C in a precision dilatometer to measure the associated system volume change, ∆Vobs. Similar experiments partially exchanged K+ into sodium zeolite(4A) and Na+ into potassium zeolite(4A). Tris(ethane-1,2-diamine)cobalt(III) chloride was also exchanged with sodium zeolite(13X). For the overall process ∆Vobs is small, generally well under 10 cm3 per mole of incoming cation exchanged. The results are discussed in terms of three contributions to the overall volume change: (i) the volume change of ionic replacement in the solution external to the zeolite (this is available from the known apparent molar volumes of the electrolytes); (ii) the small dimension changes of the zeolite lattices on exchange; (iii) the transfer of water between zeolite and the solution phase.



1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 2150-2154 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Abbate ◽  
G. Castronuovo ◽  
V. Elia ◽  
S. Puzziello

The values of the limiting partial molar volumes, [Formula: see text], for some α-amino acids bearing alkyl chains, in pure water and in aqueous solutions of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide, have been obtained from density measurements. From these data it is possible to determine the volume change, ΔVZW, due to the formation of the amphionic molecule from the corresponding neutral molecule.



1975 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 2109 ◽  
Author(s):  
RH Stokes

The apparent molar volumes of aqueous ammonia, ammonium chloride, aniline and anilinium chloride are measured up to 2 mol l-1 at 25�C by a combination of pyknometric and dilatometric methods. The apparent molar volume f�V of undissociated ammonia at infinite dilution is found to be 24.85�0.02 cm3 mol-1, and that of NH4Cl is 35.71�0.02 cm3 mol-1. The volume change on ionization for the standard states ΔV� is -29.07�0.04 cm3 mol-1. For aniline the values are: f�V(PhNH2) 89.30, f�V(PhNH3Cl) 102.74 and ΔV� -26.49�0.05 cm3 mol-1.



1996 ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Prehoda ◽  
Stewart N. Loh ◽  
John L. Markley


2017 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-202
Author(s):  
Rajendra Pradhan ◽  
Biswajit Sinha

From the densities (?) and viscosities (?) measured for three binary blends consisting of methyl acetate (MA), ethyl acetate (EA) and methyl salicylate (MS) over the entire composition range with cyclohexane (CH) at 298.15?318.15 K under atmospheric pressure, the excess molar volumes (VEm ) and excess viscosities (?E) were derived. In addition, the excess isentropic compressibilities (KEs ) excess intermolecular free lengths (LEf) and excess molar refractions (R Em) were derived from measured ultrasonic speeds of sound (u) and refractive indices (nD) for the binary blends at 298.15 K. Various derived properties are discussed in terms of molecular interactions and structural effects. Partial molar volumes ( 0 Vm,1 and 0 Vm,2 ) and excess partial molar volumes ( 0,E Vm,1 and 0,E Vm,2 ) at infinite dilution are also discussed in terms of volume changes in the blends. Furthermore, the excess molar volumes (V Em ) and viscosities (?) of the blends were correlated with the Prigogine?Flory?Paterson (PFP) theory and the Peng?Robinson Equation of State (PR-EOS).



1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-514
Author(s):  
Madan L. Parmar ◽  
Ch. V. Nageshwara Rao ◽  
Suresh Chand Attri

Partial molar volumes of ammonium aluminium sulfate and potassium aluminium sulfate in DMF-water mixtures (5-20 wt.% of DMF) have been determined from solution density measurements at various temperatures and electrolyte concentrations. The data were evaluated by using Masson equation and the obtained parameters were interpreted in terms of ion-solvent and ion-ion interactions. Both electrolytes have been found to act as the structure makers/promotors in DMF-water systems.





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