Solubility of individual light fullerenes (C60 and C70) in n-heptane was measured in the ranges of pressure from 0.1 up to 110 MPa and temperature from 298.3 to 358.3 K. At 0.1 MPa, the solubility diagrams of the C60 – n-heptane, C70 – n-heptane binary systems consist of only one branch corresponding to crystallization of mono-solvated fullerenes – C60·C7H16 and C70·C7H16. The compositions of the solid crystalline solvates were determined by thermogravimetric analysis. Thermodynamic description of the temperature and pressure dependences of solubility was performed using the van-der-Waals differential equation. As a result, the changes of the isothermal compressibility, molar volume, isobaric heat capacity and molar entropy in the process of the light fullerenes dissolution with formation of infinitely diluted solution were calculated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)569-577
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Molecular Liquids
Volume268
Early online date17 Jul 2018
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Oct 2018

    Research areas

  • C, High pressure, Light fullerenes, Solubility, n-heptane

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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