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HWAHAK KONGHAK,
Vol.8, No.2, 94-98, 1970
Methylacetate-Methanol 계의 기액평형에 미치는 제삼성분의 영향
Effect of Solvents on the Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Methylacetate-Methanol System
In order to distill the Methylacetate-Methanol system which has an azeotropic point at 53.8 ℃, several extractive solvents such as ethanol, propanol, buthanol and buthylacetate were used. These ternary systems, MeAc-MeOH-Solvents, were distilled and recycled in a Smith-Bonner type apparatus for 30-50 min and then, samples of each outlet were analyzes by gas chromatography. Liquid-vapor equilibrium data for each solvent were measured according to the various concentrations. Propanol as extraction solvent is the best one in a series of these systems, referring to the equilibrium curves, and also to the relationship of relative volatility and solvent concentration. As the latter relationship shows a nearly straight line, it may be concluded that this fact is in a good accordance with Johnson's study(9) for inorganic salt-effect onto an azeotropic binary system shown in Fig.7.