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    Phase equilibria measurements of ternary mixtures (sulfolane + a carboxylic acid + pentane) at 303.15 K
    (Elsevier, 2015) Xhakaza, Nokukhanya Mavis; Bahadur, Indra; Redhi, Gan G.; Ebenso, Eno E.
    The Liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data for the mixtures of {sulfolane (1) + a carboxylic acid (2) + pentane (3)} at 303.15 K are reported, where a carboxylic acid refers to acetic acid, propanoic acid, butanoic acid, 2-methylpropanoic acid, pentanoic acid and 3-methylbutanoic acid. The shape of the binodal curves show that the solubility of pentane in (sulfolane + a carboxylic acid) is very much dependent on the carbon number and the type of carboxylic acid. The area of the two phase heterogeneous region for the carboxylic mixtures decreases in the order of acetic acid > propanoic acid > 2-methylpropanoic acid ∼ butanoic acid > pentanoic acid ∼ 3-methylbutanoic acid. Three parameter equations have been fitted to the binodal curve data. The NRTL and UNIQUAC models were used to correlate the experimental data. The NRTL model fitted the experimental data better than the UNIQUAC model with the average mean square deviation of 0.072 mole fraction as compared to 0.359 mole fraction for UNIQUAC model.
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    Influence of the alkyl group on thermophysical properties of carboxylic acids in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate ionic liquid at various temperatures
    (Elsevier, 2015) Redhi, Gan G.; Ebenso, Eno E.; Singh, Suren; Bahadur, Indra; Ramjugernath, Deresh
    In the present study, influence of the alkyl group and temperature on the interactions between the carboxylic acid and ionic liquid (IL) mixtures were discussed in term of density and sound velocity measurements. The IL used in this study was 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate ([BMIM]+[SCN]−). The density (ρ), and sound velocity (u), of the IL, acetic acid, propionic acid, and their corresponding binary systems {[BMIM]+[SCN]− (x1) + acetic or propionic acid (x2)} have been measured at T = (293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15) K and at p = 0.1 MPa. The excess molar volumes, View the MathML sourceVmE, isentropic compressibility, κs, and deviation in isentropic compressibility, Δκs, were calculated using experimental density and sound velocity data, respectively. The Redlich–Kister polynomial equation was used to fit the excess/deviation properties. These results are useful for describing the intermolecular interactions that exist between the IL and carboxylic acid mixtures.