PMID- 22913462 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20130205 LR - 20120920 IS - 1520-5207 (Electronic) IS - 1520-5207 (Linking) VI - 116 IP - 37 DP - 2012 Sep 20 TI - Unusual dielectric strength of Debye relaxation in monohydroxy alcohols upon mixing. PG - 11482-7 AB - The dielectric strength of the Debye relaxation in the binary mixtures of two isomeric monohydroxy alcohols, 2-ethyl-1-butanol (2E1B) and 4-methyl-2-pentanol (4M2P), is studied at low temperature near glass transition. Enhanced dielectric strength is exhibited in the mixtures, remarkably different from the mixing behaviors of the structural (alpha-) relaxation of generic liquids. A similar result is observed when analyzing the dielectric data of the binary mixtures of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol and 2-methyl-1-butanol reported in an early study. The unusual behavior of the dielectric strength in the mixtures reveals a new feature of the Debye relaxation in monohydroxy alcohols. Yet, the calorimetric measurements of the glass transition temperature in 2E1B-4M2P mixtures show a distinct negative deviation from the ideal mixing law. The explanation of the Debye relaxation is discussed with the results. FAU - Gong, Hongxiang AU - Gong H AD - State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066004 China. FAU - Chen, Zeming AU - Chen Z FAU - Bi, Dongyang AU - Bi D FAU - Sun, Mingdao AU - Sun M FAU - Tian, Yongjun AU - Tian Y FAU - Wang, Li-Min AU - Wang LM LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120830 PL - United States TA - J Phys Chem B JT - The journal of physical chemistry. B JID - 101157530 EDAT- 2012/08/24 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/24 06:01 CRDT- 2012/08/24 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/24 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1021/jp304110t [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Phys Chem B. 2012 Sep 20;116(37):11482-7. doi: 10.1021/jp304110t. Epub 2012 Aug 30.