ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

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Investigating the Structure of Liquid Benzene:Acetonitrile Mixture

Abstract: Benzene and acetonitrile are two of the most commonly used solvents in most chemistry laboratories and are found as a mixture in various different environments. To date, there is only one study of this mixture's structure as a co-crystal. Therefore, this proposal aims to use SANDALS to fully characterise the structure of the 3:1 benzene:acetonitrile mixture as a liquid for the first time to expand on the incredibly limited literature. This will be done by employing standard isotopic substitution and taking advantage of SANDALS? high resolution operating Q range that will give us great insight into the molecular and bulk structure of the mixture. For this, we request 2 days of beam time with the sample changer.

Experimenter: Dr Tom Headen
Experimenter: Dr Helen Maynard-Casely
Local Contact: Dr Zachary Amato
Experimenter: Dr Camilla Di Mino

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2500028

ISIS Experiment Number: RB2500028

Part DOI Instrument Public release date Download Link
10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2500028-1 SANDALS 14 March 2028 Download

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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Dr Tom Headen et al; (2025): Investigating the Structure of Liquid Benzene:Acetonitrile Mixture, STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2500028

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