Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate phase equilibria in a water + poly(propylene glycol) [Mn = 425 g mol−1] system. Vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) were determined ebulliometrically in the completely miscible region with higher water concentrations at isotherms 323.15, 333.15, 343.15, and 353.15 K. These data were correlated with the UNIQUAC free-volume (FV) model to be consistent with our previous studies. Liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) was determined using the cloud-point method at 320–350 K, and lower critical solution temperature was found at 320.2 K. LLE was correlated with the entropic FV-UNIQUAC segmental interaction model developed earlier, which is suited for correlation and calculation of LLE of polymer solutions. We estimated new binary segmental interaction parameters for interactions between propylene glycol and water segments.

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