Freezing-point depression of benzene confined in mesoporous silica SBA-15 on doping with a slight amount of toluene: Ideal behavior in a nanometer-sized space

Yoshiharu Ito, Toshiki Miyaoka, Natsumi Tomita, Takehisa Yoshimi, Takayuki Sugimoto, Takato Takemura, Atsushi Nagoe, Hiroki Fujimori

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Abstract

We introduced benzene-toluene solution into the pores of the mesoporous silica material SBA-15 and investigated its fusion behavior using differential scanning calorimetry. On introduction into the pores, the concentration of the solution did not change. The introduced solution exhibited typical behavior of freezing-point depression upon the addition of a toluene component. We discuss this behavior and the large value of the slope of a plot of the fusion temperature of benzene in a confined sample against the logarithm of the molar fraction of benzene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)296-298
Number of pages3
JournalChemistry Letters
Volume46
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Benzene-toluene solution
  • Freezing-point depression
  • Mesoporous silica

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