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Consider the experimental data in Table for the ethyl acetate (1) + cyclohexane (2) system at
293.15 K. Please fit this system to the 2-parameter Margules equation and plot the Pxy curve for
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Table Vapor-liquid equilibrium of ethyl acetate (1) + cyclohexane (2) at 293.15 K.

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Step 1 of 16

Calculate the liquid mole fraction of component 2 or cyclohexane .

…… (1)

Here, liquid mole fraction of component 1 or ethanol is .

Substitute 0 for in Equation (1)

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Step 2 of 16

Calculate the vapor mole fraction of component 2 or cyclohexane .

…… (2)

Here, vapor mole fraction of component 1 or ethanol is .

Substitute 0 for in Equation (2).

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Step 3 of 16

Express the vapor pressure using Antoine equation.

…… (3)

Here, temperature in degree Celsius is , and Antoine coefficients are .

From Appendix E, “Antoine Equations”, write the following properties for component 1 and 2 as in
Table (1).

Parameters Ethyl acetate Cyclohexane

A 7.10 6.84

B 1244.9 1201.5

C 217.8 222.6

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Step 4 of 16

Show the unit conversion of temperature from Kelvin to degree Celsius.

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Step 5 of 16

Calculate vapor pressure of component 1

Substitute for T, 7.10 for A, 1244.9 for B, and 217.8 for C in Equation (3).

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Step 6 of 16

Calculate vapor pressure of component 2

Substitute for T, 6.84 for A, 1201.5 for B, and 222.6 for C in Equation (3).

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Step 7 of 16

Calculate the activity coefficient of component 1 .

…… (4)

Here, pressure is .

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Step 8 of 16

Calculate the activity coefficient of component 2 .

…… (5)

Here, pressure is .

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Step 9 of 16

Determine the experimental value of the excess molar Gibbs free energy.

…… (6)

Here, gas constant is , and temperature is .

Take the value of gas constant as .

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Step 10 of 16

Determine the model values of the excess molar Gibbs free energy.

…… (7)

Here, Margules parameters are .

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Step 11 of 16

Calculate the objective function .

…… (8)

To minimize the objective function with respect to , take the values of Margules
parameters are as respectively with an value of .

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Step 12 of 16

Now that we have the best-fit parameters for the model, we can plot the model predictions for the
vapor-liquid equilibrium.

Use Equations (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) and plot the model predictions for the vapor-liquid
equilibrium as in Figure (1).

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Step 13 of 16

In Figure (1), treat the model as solid lines and the experimental data (on the same plots) as
symbols.

For the model values, use the following equations:

Calculate the activity coefficient of component 1 .

…… (9)

Here, Margules parameter is respectively.

Calculate the activity coefficient of component 2 .

…… (10)

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Step 14 of 16

Write the formula to calculate the pressure .

…… (11)

Write the formula to calculate vapor mole fraction of component 1 or ethanol .

…… (12)

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Step 15 of 16

Determine the model values of the excess molar Gibbs free energy.

…… (13)

Here, Margules parameters are .

Use Equations (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13) and plot the excess molar Gibbs free energy values
and activity coefficients as in Figure (2).

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Step 16 of 16

In Figure (2), treat the model as solid lines and the experimental data (on the same plots) as
symbols.

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