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Phase diagrams in the binary systems of tetracyanoethylene with mesitylene, durene and pentamethylbenzene

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The phase diagrams of the binary systems of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) with some methylbenzenes were determined by differential scanning calorimetry. In the durene-TCNE system a 1∶1 complex was observed. The other two pairs of components form both 1∶1 and 1∶2 complexes. In all the systems, the complexes melted incongruently. Solid — solid phase transitions were found in the complexes in the pentamethylbenzene-TCNE system. The excess free energy of mixing of the liquid phase was estimated by fitting the modified van Laar equation to the measured liquidus lines. The enthalpy and the entropy of complex formation were used as the fitting parameters.

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Mittels DSC wurden die Phasendiagramme der binären Systeme aus Tetracyanoethylen (TCNE) mit einigen Methylbenzolen erstellt. Im System Duren-TCNE wurde ein 1∶1 Komplex beobachtet. Die anderen beiden Komponentenpaare bilden sowohl 1∶1 als auch 1∶2 Komplexe. In allen Systemen schmelzen die Komplexe inkongruent. Im System Pentamethylbenzol-TCNE wurde für die Komplexe eine Fest-Fest-Phasenumwandlung gefunden. Durch Angleichen der modifizierten van Laar Gleichung an die gemessenen Liquidus-Kurven konnte die überschüssige freie Energie für das Mischens der flüssigen Phase geschätzt werden. Als Angleichparameter wurden Enthalpie und Entropie der Komplexbildung verwendet.

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We wish to thank M. Dankowski for his help in connecting the DSC apparatus to the microcomputer.

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Radomska, M., Radomski, R. Phase diagrams in the binary systems of tetracyanoethylene with mesitylene, durene and pentamethylbenzene. Journal of Thermal Analysis 37, 693–704 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01913148

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