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The Bancroft Point and Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in the System Benzene Plus Isopropanol

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Author(s)

J. R. Elliott, James C. Rainwater

Abstract

Vapor-liquid equilibria for the title system indicate azeotropic behavior with the composition of the azeotrope shifting from being benzene-rich at low pressure to isopropanol-rich at high pressure. We attribute this behavior to the nature of the Bancroft point in this system and discuss the prevalence of Bancroft points in general. In a study comprising 1350 pure components, 64,103 Bancroft points were identified.
Citation
Fluid Phase Equilibria
Volume
175
Issue
Nol 1-2
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

azeotrope, Bancroft point, butane, isopropanol, vapor-liquid equilibria
Thermodynamics and Flow metrology and rheology

Citation

Elliott, J. and Rainwater, J. (2000), The Bancroft Point and Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in the System Benzene Plus Isopropanol, Fluid Phase Equilibria (Accessed June 1, 2025)

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Created October 31, 2000, Updated October 12, 2021