Separation of Azeotropic Mixture Ethanol-Heptane by

Solvent Extraction with a Ionic Liquid

Ana B. Pereiro, Ana Rodríguez*

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Vigo,, P. O. Box 36310, Vigo, Spain

Supporting Information

Table S1. Comparison of Physical Properties of Pure Components at 298.15 K with

Literature Data
ρ (g⋅cm-3) nD

Component Exp. Lit. ref Exp. Lit. ref

Heptane 0.6795 0.67946 1 1.38517 1.38511 1

Ethanol 0.7851 0.78517 2 1.35929 1.35924 2
[MMIM][MeSO4] 1.3272 1.328 3 1.48270

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Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 986 81 23 12; fax: + 31 986 81 23 80; E-mail address:
aroguez@uvigo.es

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Table S2. Composition of the Experimental Tie-Lines, Solute Distribution
Ratio (β2) and Selectivity (S) for the Ternary System Heptane + Ethanol +
[MMIM]][MeSO4] at 298.15 K. The Mass Fraction of Heptane and Ethanol
are w1 and w2 , respectively.
hydrocarbon – rich ionic liquid – rich
phase phase
w1HC - phase w2HC - phase w1IL- phase w2IL- phase β2 S

0.999 0.001 0.002 0.050 108.5 70892

0.999 0.001 0.002 0.080 86.71 36913
0.993 0.007 0.003 0.106 15.66 5592.3
0.992 0.008 0.003 0.141 18.42 5387.4
0.992 0.008 0.004 0.183 22.63 5444.0
0.980 0.019 0.005 0.215 11.15 2342.9
0.968 0.030 0.005 0.235 7.89 1469.1
0.945 0.050 0.018 0.275 5.44 291.1
0.922 0.071 0.028 0.345 4.88 159.6
0.887 0.106 0.047 0.401 3.78 70.9
0.793 0.198 0.107 0.468 2.37 17.6
0.708 0.276 0.167 0.528 1.92 8.1

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