Adsorption of tert-butyl alcohol at the Hg|aqueous perchlorate interface in the presence of tetramethylthiourea

Abstract

The electrosorption behavior of tert-butyl alcohol at the mercury|aqueous NaClO4– tetramethylthiourea was determined by a double layer differential capacity measurement. Adsorption of tert-butyl alcohol was analyzed using the constants obtained from the modified Flory–Huggins and virial isotherm. An increase in the relative surface excess for tert- butyl alcohol with increasing NaClO4 concentration in the range from 0.1 to 1.0 M was confirmed. The observed effect may be the result of the weakest repulsive interaction between adsorbed tert-butyl alcohol molecules in 1.0 M NaClO4 with 0.05 M tetramethylthiourea.