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MOLE FRACTION NITROGEN
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reliable to 0.002 mole fraction. Temperature variations
Figure 1. Vapor-liquid equilibria for the within the cell were f0.11" C. (0.2"F.) during circulation
nitrogen-n-hexane system and f0.028"C. (0.05"F.) during sampling and settling.
The accuracy of the reported pressures is 1 0 . 1 4 atm.
air bath. This procedure prevented the possibility of con- (2 p.s.i.a.1 during circulation, settling, and sampling.
densation of the n-hexane, since the air bath was maintained
above 66C. (150"F.) and sample pressure in the flask was
below 1atm. LITERATURE CITED
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volume measurements were needed, once the instrument RECEIVED for review January 12,1965. Accepted February 21, 1966.
C O N S I D E R A B L E vapor-liquid equilibrium data extend- present investigation and deals with the ethane-n-butane-
ing into the critical region are presented in the literature n-heptane system, which was selected for investigation
for binary systems, but such information for mixtures con- because the three binaries of this ternary system have been
taining more than two components is limited. T o extend this comprehensively studied by Kay ( 4 , 5 , 6 ) . Recent exper-
information to the behavior of three-component systems, imental vapor-liquid equilibrium constants are also reported
Herlihy and Thodos ( 3 ) and Mehra and Thodos (7) exper- by Mehra and Thodos for the ethane-n-butane and the
imentally determined vapor-liquid equilibrium constants for ethane-n-heptane systems (8,9). Experimental K values for
the ethane-rz-butane-n-pentane system a t 150, 200, 250, the ethane-n-butane-n-heptane system have been estab-
and 300F. This type of study is being continued in the lished in this investigation a t 150, 200", and 250" F.