Sound absorption in nonelectrolyte aqueous solutions

Autor: Harumi Endo, Kazuyuki Honda
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: The Journal of Chemical Physics. 115:7575-7585
ISSN: 1089-7690
0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/1.1405448
Popis: We indicate that the curve fitting for Debye-type relaxation spectrum of sound absorption (SA) cannot sufficiently account for the observed data of nonelectrolyte aqueous solutions (NEAS). To solve these problems, we introduce the distribution function of relaxation time [DFRT, F(τ)] from a diffusion equation of concentration fluctuations using the fluctuation dispersion theory. The SA expression is described by four-adjustable parameters. By use of the mixtures of 1-propanol, t-butanol, and monobutyl triethylene glycol with water, our calculation of SA shows the best fit between the observed and calculated curves, compared with other models. It was found that at lower frequencies the SA behaves as the square root of frequency. The approximate expression of DFRT was expressed in terms of a power law of relaxation time, F(τ)∝τ−γ, which is the same as the expression of dielectric relaxation by Matsumoto and Higashi. Our exponent (γ) of relaxation time is varied from 5/2 in hydrophilic solutes to 3/2 in hydr...
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