Law, John Trevor2012-08-292012-08-291949http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3749The present investigation was carried out as part of a wider plan to determine the effect of methanol In breaking down the water structure in water-methanol mixtures and the possibility of preferential orientation of one or other of the constituent molecules of the solvent in the neighbourhood of the solute molecules.enThe AuthorMethanolWater-ethanol mixturesGas solubilityPart I, The solubility of gases in water-methanol mixtures and derived thermodynamic properties. Part II, Rates of solution of gases : thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of New ZealandThesis