Thermophobicity of liquids: heats of transport in mixtures as pure component properties

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Aug 10;109(6):065901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.065901. Epub 2012 Aug 10.

Abstract

We have measured the Soret coefficients of 41 out of 45 possible equimolar binary mixtures of 10 different organic solvents and found an additive rule for the heats of transport. These can, except for an undetermined offset, uniquely be assigned to the pure components. Based on their heats of transport, the fluids can be arranged according to their thermophobicity, similar to the standard electrode potential. A qualitative explanation of this unexpected additivity is based on the work of Morozov [Phys. Rev. E 79, 031204 (2009)].