Excess Gibbs energy of methanol + propionic acid and of methanol + butyric acid

Alexander Apelblat, Friedrich Kohler

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Abstract

Total vapour pressures have been measured by the isoteniscope method for methanol + propionic acid and methanol + butyric acid between 298 and 318 K. From these, activity coefficients were derived by numerical integration of the Gibbs-Duhem equation, taking into account the monomer-dimer equilibrium of the carboxylic acids in the vapour phase. The resulting excess Gibbs energies are negative (minimum value -84 J mol-1 in the case of the propionic acid system, -50 J mol-1 in the case of the butyric acid system at 300 K) on the methanol side, and positive (maximum value 92 J mol-1 in the case of the propionic acid system, 146 J mol-1 in the case of the butyric acid system at 300 K) on the carboxylic acid side.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)749-756
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Chemical Thermodynamics
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1976
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • General Materials Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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