DISSOCIATION EQUILIBRIA OF PICRIC ACID IN THE BINARY N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE 2-METHOXYETHANOL SOLVENT SYSTEM

Three empirical equations are proposed to fit the experimental values of the dissociation constant for picric acid, chosen as guide-solute working in the N,N-dimethylformamide/2-methoxyethanol solvent system. The work was performed operating at 19 temperatures ranging from - 10 to + 80-degrees-C in the pure solvents and in their nine mixtures, identified by the mole fraction (X) of one component. This empirical treatment, which describes the dependence of the dissociation constant on temperature and composition of the solvent mixture, is represented by functions of the type K = K(T), K = K(X), and K = K(T, X). The K = K(T, X) equation in its complete form is composed of 20 terms, some of which can be eliminated because of small statistical weight; the number and type of these terms vary on passing from one solvent system to another and the best-fitting form is suggested. A comparison among various K = K(T, X) equations proposed in the present and in previous works has been made.