Date of Award

2010-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Chemistry

Advisor(s)

Michael I. Davis

Abstract

Alkoxyethanols [CmH2m+1·(OC2H4)·OH] (conveniently abbreviated to CmE1) are a subgroup of the alkyl poly(ethylene glycol) mono-ethers. They are small relatives of a large number of non-ionic detergents. The thermodynamic properties of their mixing in water have been shown to be good sources of information about the interactions of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups with water. Theses alkoxyethanols, or glycol ethers, are the ether derivatives of ethylene glycol where one hydroxyl functional group is substituted for an alkoxy functional group. Our group has already published results for aqueous excess properties of 2-Methoxyethanol (C1E1), 2-Ethoxyethanol (C2E1) and 2-Butoxyethanol (C4E1). Three more alkoxyethanols will be added to a list of calorimetric data, being collected, for these small alkoxyethanols. The three amphiphiles used in this experiment are 2-Propoxyethanol (C3E1), 2-Isopropoxyethanol (i-C3E1) and 2-Isobutoxyethanol (i-C4E1). Since limited thermodynamic information exists for these liquids, supplemental data was needed. Excess enthalpy data collected for 2-Propoxyethanol (C3E1) and 2-Isopropoxyethanol (i-C3E1) were obtained with no problems. Data collected for 2-Isobutoxyethanol (i-C4E1) revealed some serious discrepancies from literature data

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

39 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

John Enriquez

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