Explain why phenol and aniline show negative deviation?Also why does Ethanol and Carbon disulphide show  positive deviation ?
Is there any method to know which mixture shows negative or positive deviation ?

For positive deviation, A-B attractive force should be weaker than A-A and B-B attractive forces. 'A' and 'B' have different shape, size and character. pA > poAXA; pB >poBXB
... pA + pB > poAXA +poBXB
That is ethanol and carbon disulphide shows positive deviation because ethanol-CS2 shows weaker attractive forces. 
A-B attractive force should be greater than A-A and B-B attractive forces. 'A' and 'B' have different shape, size and character.
pA < poAXA; pB <poBXB
... pA + pB < poAXA +poBXB
​For phenol - aniline it shows negative deviation because the attraction  between phenol and aniline is more. 

 

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