The Use of Antioxidants to Improve Vapor Pressure Measurements on Compounds with Oxidative Instability: Methyl Oleate with tert-Butylhydroquinone

Published

December 19, 2016

Author(s)

Jason A. Widegren, Casey E. Beall, Audrey E. Tolbert, Tara M. Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

The vapor pressure (psat) of methyl oleate was measured with and without the addition of 0.2 mass % of the antioxidant stabilizer tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ). The measurements were made by the gas saturation method in the temperature range (303.15 to 343.15) K. In the absence of TBHQ, oxidative decomposition severely compromised the measurements, as evidenced by dramatic decreases in the measured psat for repeat measurements at 323.15 K. When combined with a room- temperature N2 flush of the apparatus, the addition of 0.2 mass % TBHQ limited the decomposition to insignificant levels, and resulted in repeatable measurements of psat. Simultaneous measurements on the control sample n-eicosane (C20H42) yielded values of psat that were in excellent agreement with reference correlations.

Citation

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volume

62

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

Antioxidant stabilizer, n-eicosane, concatenated gas saturation method, methyl oleate, methyl cis-9-octadecenoate, methyl (Z)-9-octadecenoate, oxidative instability, propyl gallate, tert- butylhydroquinone, transpiration method, vapor pressure

Citation

Widegren, J. , Beall, C. , Tolbert, A. , Lovestead, T. and Bruno, T. (2016), The Use of Antioxidants to Improve Vapor Pressure Measurements on Compounds with Oxidative Instability: Methyl Oleate with tert-Butylhydroquinone, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data (Accessed October 8, 2025)