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Dielectric Parameters and Hydrogen Bond Interaction Study of Binary Alcohol Mixtures

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The formation of hydrogen bonds between different types of molecules in binary alcohol mixtures (methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and glycerol) have been investigated (each system at 21 mixture concentrations) by an analysis of their dielectric parameters. The static dielectric constant ε o, limiting high-frequency dielectric constant ε ∞, excess dielectric parameters ε Eo and ε E∞ , effective Kirkwood correlation factor g eff, and corrective Kirkwood correlation factor g f of the binary alcohol mixtures were determined at 25 °C in order to explore hydrogen-bond interactions and the strength of molecular connectivities between unlike alcohol molecules and their dipole alignment. These results confirm that the different alcohol mixtures form hydrogen-bonded structures, which are strongly influenced by the numbers of hydroxyl groups and carbon atoms of the alcohol molecules and vary with the concentrations of the mixtures.

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  1. Dielectric Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, J.N.V. University, Jodhpur, 342 005, India

    R. J. Sengwa & Sonu Sankhla

  2. Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

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Sengwa, R.J., Sankhla, S. & Shinyashiki, N. Dielectric Parameters and Hydrogen Bond Interaction Study of Binary Alcohol Mixtures. J Solution Chem 37, 137–153 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-007-9230-6

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