What is the cause of hygroscopy? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
Aug 2, 2015 · Ions are hygroscopic because they form very stable, low energy hydrates, which are thermodynamically favorable over water vapor. I.E. salt attracts water vapor because the hydrated salt is lower energy than the water vapor. Other very porous materials are hygrosopic due to capillary action.
Hygroscopic Substances and Drying Agents - Chemistry Stack …
Oct 2, 2018 · all drying agents are hygroscopic substances. First Terminology: Hygroscopic: Absorbs water from air Drying agent: Removes water from organic substance. Your book did not exclude other materials from being considered drying agents. It just said many of the substances that are hygroscopic are also useful as drying agents.
everyday chemistry - Is there a point at which Ethanol (E10) fuel ...
Mar 2, 2013 · In addition, sulfuric acid is even more hygroscopic than ethanol; at concentrations in water as low as 10%, it'll attract more water. Lastly, acids and alcohols form esters, in our case ethyl sulfate, and esters and alcohols form ethers, here diethyl ether (with the sulfuric acid and water as a byproduct).
hygroscopicity vs solubility - Chemistry Stack Exchange
Nov 30, 2017 · Phenols are hygroscopic and form a red liquid, upon contact with air. Yet, Phenol’s solubility in water is said to be moderate. ( Tilted to the low solubility side) This is explained with the benzene ring being non polar. Then how can it be hygroscopic? Are solubility and hygroscopicity even related at all, then?
Ethanol and water hygroscopic equilibrium concentration
Jul 17, 2014 · You have a closed system with (say) 100 gallons of (say) pure ethanol and 100 gallons of moist air. There is not enough water in the air to go into the ethanol and reach the azeotropic ratio -- not by 2 or 3 orders of magnitude (see below).
Hygroscopic behaviour of DMSO - Chemistry Stack Exchange
In the MSDS of DMSO I find that the liquid is hygroscopic, meaning it adsorbs moisture from the surrounding environment. Unfortunately, I cannot find anywhere how much water will be absorbed (mass%) or how quickly this will happen, is it saturated in minutes, hours, days?
water - Does storing a hygroscopic reagent in a bottle makes it …
Oct 30, 2015 · Does storing a hygroscopic reagent in a bottle makes it prone to absorb humidity from the air trapped inside? Yes, there is that tendency. I'll make a couple of points which I'll number for possible further discussion. (1) 99.5% acetone is probably 0.5% water.
Is 70% ethanol hygroscopic? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
Jul 11, 2017 · 85% ethanol made with nuclease free water (Note: 85% ethanol is hygroscopic. Fresh 85% ethanol should be prepared for optimal results) I know that this is even more pronounced for 100% ethanol. But I'm wondering if . 70% is still "very" hygroscopic so that the concentration might change over time.
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Jan 14, 2016 · The composition of petrol diesel is very different, that's why it is not as hygroscopic as biodiesel. As far as I know hygroscopy depends mostly on polarity . The water molecule is a polar, so it likes to mix with other polar compounds, like KOH, glycerol, salt, sugar, H2SO4, etc. Apolar compounds repel water.