Limiting partial molar volume of sodium chloride in 2-methyl-2,4-pentandiol-water mixed solvents at 25°C

Herein we report density measurements for the binary system 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol(MPD,1)-water(0), and for the ternary system MPD(1)-NaCl(2)-water(0), at several fixed MPD/water ratios and at varying NaCl concentrations. The partial molar volume of MPD in the binary system has been discussed according to the McMillan-Meyer theory. At low MPD concentrations, the non-bonding MPD-MPD interactions are related to the overlapping of the hydrophobic parts of the hydration cospheres, whereas at higher concentrations the hydrophilic moieties are also involved in the solute-solute interactions. The ternary density data allowed us to determine the salt partial molar volume at infinite dilution. The trend of this quantity as a function of the MPD content in the MPD-water "mixed solvent" has been interpreted on the basis of the water partial molar volume in the binary MPD-water system.