Abstract
Phase diagrams and liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data of the aqueous poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-2000) + diammonium hydrogen citrate system (aqueous two-phase system) has been determined experimentally at (298.15, 303.15, 308.15, 313.15, and 318.15) K. The effects of temperature on the binodal curve and tie-lines have been studied. The binodal curve was fitted to an empirical equation relating the concentrations of PEG 2000 and diammonium hydrogen citrate, and the coefficients were estimated for the respective temperatures. Tie line compositions were estimated and correlated using Othmer–Tobias and Bancroft equations, and the parameters are reported. The effect of temperature on the phase-forming ability in the investigated system has been studied based on a salting-out coefficient; obtained from fitting the binodal data to a Setschenow-type equation for each temperature. The effective excluded volume values were also calculated from the binodal data.
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