Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.119, No.46, 14697-14704, 2015
Flash Points of Secondary Alcohol and n-Alkane Mixtures
The flash point is one of the Most important characteristics used to assess the ignition hazard of mixtures of flammable liquids. To determine the flash points of matures of secondary alcohols with n-alkanes, it is necessary to calculate the activity coefficients. In this paper, we use a model that allows us to obtain enthalpy of fusion and enthalpy of vaporization data of the pure components to calculate the liquid-solid equilibrium (LSE) and vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE). Enthalpy of fusion and enthalpy of vaporization data of secondary alcohols in the literature are limited; thus, the prediction of these characteristics was performed using the method of thermodynamic similarity. Additionally, the empirical models provided the critical temperatures and boiling temperatures of the secondary alcohols. The modeled melting enthalpy and enthalpy of vaporization as Well as the calculated LSE and VLE flash points were determined for the secondary alcohol and n-alkane mixtures.