Nonazeotropy in the system methyl ethanoate + 1,2-epoxybutane

Juan B. Monton, M. Cruz Burguet, Rosa Muñoz, Jaime Wisniak, Hugo Segura

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Abstract

New vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the binary system methyl ethanoate + 1,2-epoxybutane are reported at 35 and 101.3 kPa and at 298.15 K. It is shown that no azeotropes are present in the system, in disagreement with data reported by others who claim that two azeotropes are present at 298.15 K. We claim that previously reported data are in error because of impurities in the reagents and experimental errors. According to our results, the system methyl ethanoate + 1,2-epoxybutane behaves like a regular solution and its vapor phase can be considered practically ideal so that it cannot fulfill the necessary conditions for multiple azeotrophy. The data were satisfactorily correlated using the regular model and the Wisniak-Tamir equation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1195-1200
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Chemical and Engineering Data
Volume42
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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