Partial Pressure of Hydrogen Chloride Above its Solutions in Non-aqueous Solvents. II Nitrobenzene Solutions

It has been pointed out by Rodebush and Ewart and in the first paper of this series that the vapor pressure of a volatile acid solute like hydrogen chloride provides a measure of the basicity of the solvent. The importance of basicity in determining the strength of acids in solution has long been discussed by such investigator s as Latimer, Rode bush, Conant, Hall, and others. Rodebush and Ewart indicate that the dielectric constant of a solvent must also be considered, although to a lesser degree than basicity, in predicting the behavior of an acid in a solvent. In a solvent which possesses basic properties and at the same time has a high dielectric constant an acid will be highly ionized. The ionization will be due then to the association of a proton by the solvent and also to the insulating ability of the solvent.

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Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

1938

Author dc:creator

• Westfall, Paul

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kenny, Christopher L.

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• A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91833

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oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/91833