Optical Properties, Excess Volume Prediction from Refractive Index and Intermolecular Interactions in Dibutylamine + Isomeric Butanol

Abstract

The alkyl or alkanol amines are widely used as absorbent for CO₂ capture owing to interaction between amines and CO₂. In order to increase the CO₂ loading in amine based absorbents, blending of amine with alkanol may be one option. As thermophysical properties of of utmost importance in designing, in present work, the refractive index of dibutylamine (DBA) and isomeric butanol as well as their binary mixtures at 298.15 K to 308.15 K were measured. The Δn are found positive for DBA + isomeric butanol mixtures. The Δn values were correlated with Redlich-Kister polynomial. The refractive index data were also predicted by various correlations and results were expressed in terms of standard deviation. The Δn values were also employed to calculate the excess molar volume of the present binary mixtures. Further Δn data analysed in terms of intermolecular interaction among DBA (1) + isomeric butanol (2) mixtures.