Volumetric Properties of Binary Mixtures of Glycerol plus tert-Butanol over the Temperature Range 293.15 to 348.15 K at Atmospheric Pressure

Densities of glycerol (1) + tert-butanol (2) mixtures were measured over the temperature range 293.15 to 348.15 K at atmospheric pressure, over the entire composition range, with a vibrating tube densimeter. Excess molar volumes, apparent and partial molar volumes of glycerol and tert-butanol, thermal isobaric expansivities of the mixture and partial molar expansivities of the components were calculated. The excess molar volumes of the mixtures are negative at all temperatures, and deviations from ideality increase with increasing temperature. Excess molar volumes were fitted to the Redlich-Kister equation. Partial molar volumes of glycerol decrease with increasing tert-butanol concentration. The temperature dependence of the partial molar volumes of glycerol is characterized by an inversion at x(2) approximate to 0.7. "Negative expansion" of the limiting partial volumes of glycerol was observed.