Abstract
Trace amount of solvents such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, isopropylbenzene and chlorobenzene
were passed through the gas chromatography column loaded with a new synthesized and characterized liquid crystal
compound, 5-decyloxy-2-[[[4-hexyloxyphenyl]imino]methyl]phenol (DHOPIMP) which is coated on Chromosorb W. The
retention diagrams of the solvents on the liquid crystal were plotted by means of specific retention volumes, Vg
o
at
temperatures between 130 and 150 o
C by inverse gas chromatography. The weight fraction activity coefficient at infinite
dilution of the solvents, ∞ Ω1 , the liquid crystal-solvent interaction parameters of Flory-Huggins, ∞
12 χ , and equation of state, ∗
12 χ and effective exchange energy parameter, Xeff , were obtained. In addition, the partial molar heats of sorption, ΔH1,sorp
and mixing, ∞ ΔH1 were determined. Phase transition temperatures of DHOPIMP were determined by polarizing
microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry.
Keywords
Inverse gas chromatography, Liquid crystal, Phase transition temperature, Thermodynamics, Interaction parameter.
Citation
F. CAKAR, O. YAZICI, B. BILGIN ERAN, O. CANKURTARAN, F. KARAMAN, Physicochemical characterization of 5-Decyloxy-2- [[[4-Hexyloxyphenyl]Imino]Methyl]Phenol liquid crystal by inverse gas chromatography, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 12, December 2008, pp.871-875 (2008).
Submitted at: Sept. 24, 2008
Accepted at: Dec. 4, 2008