This paper presents a final discussion on studies of solutions of electrolytes in molten acetamide. These studies deal with cryoscopic and ultrasonic (by shear waves) techniques and reveal the complexity of the behaviour of these systems due to strong ion-solvent interactions.Acetamide is considered a good solvent for electrolytes and is often empolyed in electrochemistry as a non-aqueous solvent [1][2][3][4][5]. This fact and the similarity of some its physical properties (e.g. dielectric constant or ionization constant) with the corresponding values of water tend to induce the belief that solutions in acetamide are similar in structure to the corresponding solutions in water.This paper and previous ones [6-9] may give a clearer idea of the complexity of these non-aqueous mixtures.The methods employed were reported in previous papers [6, 10, 11], and are not given here.
Discussion
CryoscopyLiquid-solid equilibria in the binary systems acetamide + electrolytes [7][8][9] present differences in behaviour, depending on the types of the ions..Two classes may be distinguished:1) The anion is CIO4, NO~-or CNS-(derived from strong acids) and the cation is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.2) The anion is CH3COO-or HCOO-(derived from weak acids) and the cation is an alkali metal.In general, the temperature Teut in the first class is lower than Teu t in the second class. That is, the solubility of a salt of the first class is higher in acetamide. SchematiThermalAnaL 29, 1984