Thermodynamic Excess Functions for the Liquid System W ater + Acetic Acid from Calorimetric Data
Abstract For the liquid system water + acetic acid, we give the results of new calorimetric measurements regarding the molar excess enthalpy H̅E for 25 °C, 30 °C, 35 °C, 40 °C, 55 °C, and 70 °C, covering nearly the entire range of com positions. The experimental data show that H̅E is positive for all compositions and temperatures except in the region of low acid concentrations at temperatures below 55 °C where the process of mixing the pure liquid components is exothermic (H̅E<0). Using values of the molar excess Gibbs function G̅E (always positive) derived from earlier data on vapour-liquid equilibria, we compute the molar excess entropy S̅E which is always negative. The “symmetryrule” concerning the composition dependence of G̅E (as compared to that of H̅E and S̅E) has again been confirmed. The composition dependence of S̅E is similar to that of the molar excess volume.