Abstract

Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium data have been measured for the ternary system acetone + 2,2′-oxybis[propane] + cyclohexane, and its constituent binaries at 94 kPa and in the temperature range 324-350 K in a vapor-liquid equilibrium still with circulation of both phases. The dependence of the interfacial tensions of these mixtures on concentration was also determined at atmospheric pressure and 303.15 K, using the maximum bubble pressure technique. From the experimental results, it follows that both the ternary and binary mixtures exhibit positive deviations from ideal behavior and, additionally, azeotropy is present for the binaries that contain acetone. The application of a model-free approach allows conclusions about the reliability of the present vapor-liquid equilibrium data for all the indicated mixtures. Furthermore, the determined interfacial tensions exhibit negative deviation from linear behavior for all the analyzed mixtures, and aneotropy is observed for the acetone + cyclohexane mixture. The vapor-liquid equilibrium data of the binary mixtures were well correlated using the NRTL, Wilson and UNIQUAC equations. In a similar manner, the interfacial tensions of the binary mixtures were smoothed using the Redlich-Kister equation. Scaling of these models to the ternary mixture allows concluding that both the vapor-liquid equilibrium data and the interfacial tensions can be reasonably predicted from binary contributions. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.