Excess Molar Volume and Viscosity of Isobutyric Acid + Water Binary Mixtures Near and Far Away from the Critical Temperature

The excess molar volume VE, shear viscosity deviation Δη and excess Gibbs energy of activation ΔG∗E of viscous flow have been investigated by using density (ρ) and shear viscosity (η) measurements for isobutyric acid + water (IBA+W) mixtures over the entire range of mole fractions at five different temperatures, both near and close to the critical temperature (2.055K ≤ (T−Tc)≤ 13.055K). The results were also fitted with the Redlich–Kister equation. This system exhibited very large negative values of VE and very large positive values of Δη due to increased hydrogen bonding interactions and correlation length between unlike molecules in the critical region and to very large differences between the molar volumes of the pure components at low temperatures. The activation parameters ΔH∗ and ΔS∗ have been also calculated and show that the critical region has an important effect on the volumetric properties.