Chapter 20: Safety

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, 5th Edition

by Stephen Hall

Antoine Constants
A
B
Ethyl Alcohol
8.11
1,592.86
Water
8.01
1,701.79
Saturated vapor pressure at the flash point

Mole Fraction Ethyl Alcohol

X

Solution Model
None
Margules
van Laar

Pure
Flash Pt, C
13.0

139.71
49.80
38.61
32.13
28.17
26.00
23.69
22.27
20.97
19.56
18.00
16.33
14.63
13.00

Problem Statement:
Construct a table of flash points for binary mixtur

28.35

VP, mm Hg
Temp, deg C

0.00
0.03
0.06
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00

C
226.18
231.47

Ethyl Alcohol
5,739.69
219.08
124.98
88.27
70.76
62.52
54.66
50.24
46.49
42.70
38.82
35.01
31.46
28.35

Goal
5,739.7
219.1
125.0
88.3
70.8
62.5
54.7
50.2
46.5
42.7
38.8
35.0
31.5
28.4

Margules
1
4.940
4.314
3.781
3.212
2.671
2.268
1.729
1.411
1.220
1.107
1.043
1.012
1.001
1.000

Mole Fraction Methyl AlcoholEthyl Alcohol n-Propanol Isopropanol

0.00
190.3
139.7
110.0
109.4
1
0.03
68.7
49.8
40.0
35.7
2
0.06
52.9
38.6
32.7
27.3
3
0.10
43.0
32.1
29.6
23.0
0.15
36.1
28.2
28.6
21.0
0.20
31.7
26.0
28.8
20.4
0.30
26.2
23.7
30.0
20.4
0.40
22.6
22.3
30.9
20.5
0.50
19.9
21.0
30.8
20.2
0.60
17.6
19.6
30.0
19.3
0.70
15.5
18.0
28.5
18.0
0.80
13.6
16.3
26.6
16.3
0.90
11.8
14.6
24.7
14.6
1.00
10.0
13.0
23.0
13.0

table of flash points for binary mixtures.

Margules Parameters van Laar Parameters

A12
A21
A12
A21
1.6022
0.7947
1.6798
0.9227

Margules Model

Difference
0.00
0.00
0.00
(0.00)
(0.00)
(0.00)
(0.00)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00

1
4.940
4.314
3.781
3.212
2.671
2.268
1.729
1.411
1.220
1.107
1.043
1.012
1.001
1.000

van Laar Model

1
5.332
4.506
3.851
3.197
2.618
2.211
1.699
1.409
1.235
1.128
1.063
1.025
1.006
1.000

100
90

Mixture Flash Point, C

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00

Mole Fraction of Alcohol, Liquid Phase

iso-Propanol

Methanol

Ethanol

n-Propanol

Methyl Alcohol
n-Propanol
Isopropanol
Ethyl Alcohol
Water

Antoine Coefficients
Mol Wt
A
B
C
MW
8.08097
1582.271
239.726
32.042
7.6192
1375.14
193.01
60.1
8.1182
1580.92
219.62
60.1
8.1122
1592.864
226.184
46.069
8.01352769 1701.78587 231.466749
18.015

FP, C
10
23
13
13

Margules Parameters
A12
A21
0.7923
0.5434
2.707
0.7172
2.3319
0.8976
1.6022
0.7947

van Laar Parameters

A12
A21
0.8041
0.5619
2.9095
1.1572
2.4702
1.0938
1.6798
0.9227