INTERMOLECULAR FORCES AND LIQUID STRUCTURE IN SOME METAL ALKOXIDES

The viscosities of some alkoxides of titanium, zirconium, cerium (IV), thorium, and tin (IV) have been measured in the temperature range 25–40 °C. The liquid structure in these compounds is discussed in terms of the activation energy, free energy, and entropy of activation for viscous flow, and the energies of cohesion and vaporization.