The thermodynamics of vaporization of ethyl tert-butyl ether, isobutyl tert-butyl ether, and di-isopropyl ether

Abstract

The boiling temperatures of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), isobutyl tert-butyl ether (IBTBE), and di-isopropyl ether (DIPE) have been measured by comparative ebulliometry over the moderate pressure range 10.8 ⩽ ( P/kPa) ⩽ 101.7. The equations of the temperature dependences of the saturated vapour pressures and enthalpies of vaporization have been derived. The normal boiling temperatures of the ethers were computed to be 345.84 K, 386.06 K, and 341.64 K, respectively. The experimental data on the vapour pressure of the ethers under study were extended to the whole range of the liquid phases between critical and triple points by means of corresponding states law and combined treatment of the pT-parameters and low-temperature differences of the heat capacities of ideal gas and liquid, Δ C p = C p ∘ ( g ) - C p ∘ ( l ) , respectively.