Structure and Molecular Correlation of Liquid Alkanes

• Authors: Z. Bochyński , H. Drozdowsκi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper reports structural investigations of a series of liquid alkanes, from n-C_{6}H_{14} (n-hexane) to n-C_{16}H_{34} (n-hexadecane), differing by two methyl groups (CH_{2})_{2}, n-C_{20}H_{42} (n-eicosane) and n-C_{30}H_{62} (n-triacontane) performed in temperatures from 20°C to 70°C. The average angular distri­bution of intensity was determined by diffraction of monochromatic X-ray radiation Mo K_{α}, λ = 0.7107 Å and the functions of radial distribution of electron density were calculated for the studied compounds. Mean structural parameters including distances between molecules and atoms, coordination numbers as well as correlation parameters were obtained. The suitability of the method for structural studies of n-alkanes with the number of carbon atoms from 6 to 30 is discussed.

Keywords

EN

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• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1995
• Volume: 88
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1089-1096

Dates

published

1995-12

received

1995-04-19

(unknown)

1995-07-11

Contributors

author

Z. Bochyński

• Non-Crystalline Materials Division, Institute of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznań 2, Poland

author

H. Drozdowsκi

• Non-Crystalline Materials Division, Institute of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznań 2, Poland