Surface tension, coexistence curve, and vapor pressure of binary liquid-gas mixtures

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to present measurements of the vapor pressure, capillary coefficient, and refractive index of four binary mixtures, CO2-SF6, R14-SF6, SF6-R13B1, and SF6-R22, at liquid-vapor equilibrium at different average concentrations. The measuring temperature range covered the entire liquid-vapor region from the triple line up to the critical point. The capillary coefficient was determined by means of the capillary rise method; the refractive index, by measuring the angle of refraction of a light beam passing through a prism and the sample. In order to obtain the liquid-vapor densities of pure substances the Lorentz-Lorenz relation can be used. However, in applying this relation to calculate the liquid-vapor densities of a mixture, one may need the concentrations of both the liquid and the vapor phase, which are, for the most part, quite different from the average concentration of the mixture. Calculating the concentrations of both fluid phases with the aid of an equation of state and comparing with measurements, we could show that the molar refraction coefficient of the mixtures can be simply determined from the average concentration and the molar refraction coefficients of their pure components. The surface tension of the mixtures could then be calculated from the measured capillary coefficient and the refractive index with the aid of the Lorentz-Lorenz relation.