Data and Calculations

Mass (C2H5OH) g Mass (H2O)g

30.60 1.35
29.25 2.85
27.90 4.70
26.20 6.85
24.15 9.45
21.60 12.65
18.35 16.75
14.15 22.10
8.35 29.40
Table 1: Theoretical ethanol-water mixtures to be investigated

Mass of Empty G. Mass of Ethanol (g) Mass of Ethanol-Water

Cylinder(g) Mixture (g)
95.4403 125.8630 127.3500
96.1400 125.2000 129.7955
96.3668 124.5100 128.2150
52.1520 78.3570 82.5000
96.5500 120.4940 129.7955
96.3470 117.9450 131.0010
96.9640 115.0430 131.5670
96.5900 110.4456 131.2852
96.4593 104.6600 134.0502
Table 2: Measured values of the mass of ethanol-water mixture

mEthanol = mass of the ethanol added

mwater = mass of the water added

dwater = 1 g/mL
dethanol= 0.801 g/mL
Vwater= 1 g/mL x mwater
Vethanol= 0.801 g/mL x m ethanol
 The number of moles of the water and the ethanol can be calculated as below equation. The
molar mass of the ethanol and water are 46.07 g/mol and 18.01 g/mol respectively.
m Ethanol( g) m water ( g)
nethanol= nwater=
46.07 g/mol 18.01 g/ mol

The mole fractions of water and ethanol is required to obtain partial molar volumw and can
be calculated as follows.

n ethanol n water
Xethanol= X water=
n ethanol+n water n ethanol+n water

n ethanol n water Xwater Xethanol

0,66 0,082 0,111 0,889
0,63 0,16666667 0,21 0,79
0,6100 0,2050 0,252 0,7480
0,5700 0,2300 0,29 0,71
0,5200 0,5200 0,5 0,5
0,4700 0,7250 0,61 0,39
0,3900 0,9200 0,7 0,3
0,3000 1,1570 0,79 0,21
0,1800 1,6300 0,9 0,1
Table 3: Mol and mol fractions of water and ethanol

The partial molar volumes of water and ethanol is calculated by the ratio of the change in
the volume and the number of moles of the added substance. The change in the volume can
be obtained by subtracting the volume of water or ethanol from the measured volume to get
volume of ethanol and water.

V measured−V water
VJ (Ethanol) =
n ethanol
V measured−V ethanol
VJ (Water) =
n water

Vwater/
Vethanol Vwater Vtotal Vmeasured Vmeasured- nwater Vmeasured- Veth/
(mL) (mL) (mL) (mL) Veth (mL) (mL/mol) Vwater (ml) neth(ml/mol)
38,025 1,49 40 39,7 1,675 16,00 38,21 57,8939394

36,325 3 39,325 39 2,675 16,050 36 57,1428571

35,175 3,7000 38,875 38,5 3,325 16,220 34,8 57,0491803

32,756 4,15 36,906 36,5 3,744 16,278 32,35 56,754386

29,875 9,3 39,175 38,5 8,625 16,587 29,2 56,1538462

27 13,056 40,056 39,4 12,4 17,103 26,344 56,0510638

22,6 16,52 39,12 38,2 15,6 16,957 21,68 55,5897436

17,32 20,83 38,15 37,5 20,18 17,442 16,67 55,5666667

10,25 29,39 39,64 39,3 29,05 17,822 9,91 55,0555556

Table 4: Volumes of water-ethanol mixture

Partial Molar Volume of Water

18

17.5
Partial Molar Volume of Water

17

16.5

16

15.5

15
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Mol fraction of water (Xwater)

Graph 1: Plot of partial molar volume of water at 25C

 Partial Molar Volume of Ethanol
58.5

58

57.5

57

56.5
Partial Molar Volume of Ethanol

56

55.5

55

54.5

54

53.5
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Mol fraction of water (Xwaterl)

Graph 2: Plot of partial molar volume of ethanol at 25C