Structural behaviour of molecular alloys: n-pentacontane (n-C50H102)–n-pentacosane (n-C25H52); n-pentacontane (n-C50H102)–n-tricosane (n-C23H48) at room temperature

This paper displays a study of binary mixtures of n-alkanes whose ratio of chain length is around two. The systems composed of n-tricosane (n-C23H48)–n-pentacontane (n-C50H102) and n-pentacosane (n-C25H52)–n-pentacontane (n-C50H102) have been studied by means of X-ray analyses. These latter, performed at room temperature, showed in both cases, the existence of a large domain where the phases characteristic of each pure component coexist. These mixtures obey Kravchenkoʹs rule relative to the solubility of the n-alkanes according to the chain length of each component. The mixtures studied do not form an intermediate solid solution. In other words, there is no particular arrangement of the shorter molecules inside the crystallographic unit of the longer.