A mixture of 40% ethanol in water is distilled at 1 atm by differential distillation until 75% of the material charged to the still has vaporized. What is the composition of the liquid residue in the still-pot and the collected distillate? Ethanol - Water at 1bar
A mixture of 40% ethanol in water is distilled at 1 atm by differential distillation until 75% of the material charged to the still has vaporized. What is the composition of the liquid residue in the still-pot and the collected distillate? Ethanol - Water at 1bar
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Batch Distillation –Ethanol & Water.
A mixture of 40% ethanol in water is distilled at 1 atm by differential distillation until 75% of the material
charged to the still has vaporized. What is the composition of the liquid residue in the still-pot and the
collected distillate?
Ethanol - Water at 1bar | |||
Temperature | Ethanol | ||
T (F) | T (C) | x | y |
212.1 | 100.1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
207.0 | 97.2 | 0.010 | 0.137 |
203.2 | 95.1 | 0.020 | 0.206 |
199.9 | 93.3 | 0.030 | 0.258 |
197.0 | 91.7 | 0.040 | 0.300 |
192.5 | 89.2 | 0.060 | 0.361 |
189.2 | 87.4 | 0.080 | 0.404 |
186.8 | 86.0 | 0.100 | 0.435 |
182.9 | 83.8 | 0.150 | 0.489 |
180.5 | 82.5 | 0.200 | 0.525 |
178.8 | 81.6 | 0.250 | 0.554 |
177.5 | 80.8 | 0.300 | 0.579 |
176.5 | 80.3 | 0.350 | 0.602 |
175.7 | 79.8 | 0.400 | 0.624 |
175.0 | 79.4 | 0.450 | 0.646 |
174.5 | 79.2 | 0.500 | 0.667 |
174.1 | 78.9 | 0.550 | 0.689 |
173.7 | 78.7 | 0.600 | 0.711 |
173.5 | 78.6 | 0.650 | 0.735 |
173.3 | 78.5 | 0.700 | 0.760 |
173.1 | 78.4 | 0.750 | 0.788 |
173.0 | 78.3 | 0.800 | 0.818 |
172.9 | 78.3 | 0.850 | 0.854 |
172.8 | 78.2 | 0.900 | 0.897 |
172.7 | 78.2 | 0.920 | 0.916 |
172.7 | 78.1 | 0.940 | 0.936 |
172.6 | 78.1 | 0.960 | 0.957 |
172.5 | 78.1 | 0.970 | 0.968 |
172.4 | 78.0 | 0.980 | 0.979 |
172.4 | 78.0 | 0.990 | 0.989 |
172.3 | 78.0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
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