Phase equilibria in the ternary system isobutyl alcohol+isobutyl acetate+1-hexanol and the binary systems isobutyl alcohol+1-hexanol, isobutyl acetate+1-hexanol at 101.3kPa

Consistent vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data at 101.3kPa have been determined for the ternary system isobutyl alcohol (IBA)+isobutyl acetate (IBAc)+1-hexanol and two constituent binary systems: IBA+1-hexanol and IBAc+1-hexanol. The IBA+1-hexanol system exhibits no deviation from ideal behaviour and IBAc+1-hexanol system show lightly positive deviation from Raoult's law. The activity coefficients of the solutions were correlated with its composition by the Wilson, NRTL, UNIQUAC models. The ternary system is well predicted from binary interaction parameters. 1-Hexanol eliminates the IBA–IBAc binary azeotrope. However, the change of phase equilibria behaviour is small therefore this solvent is not an effective agent for that azeotrope mixture separation. In fact, the mean relative volatility on a solvent free basis is 1.28 (close to unity).