Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.48, No.15, 7354-7358, 2009
Partition Coefficients of Methyl Methacrylate and Acetone between Polymer and Compressed Carbon Dioxide Phases by an in situ Infrared Spectroscopy Method
Partition coefficients of methyl methacrylate and acetone between some polymer and compressed gaseous carbon dioxide phases were determined by an in situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy method with a special designed high pressure IR cell at 318.2 K and 2.0-7.0 MPa. At the same temperature and pressure, the partition coefficient for methyl methacrylate was higher than that for acetone between the same polymer and subcritical carbon dioxide. For most solute/polymer/CO2 systems, the partition coefficient of solute between the polymer and compressed gaseous carbon dioxide decreased with the pressure increase. Only for a methyl methacrylate/poly(methyl methacrylate)/CO2 system, the partiton coefficient was not sensitive to the pressure change at pressures lower than 3.9 MPa. A linear solvation free energy relationship was used to estimate the main tendency of the pressure dependency. With the pressure dependent polarizability-dipolarity parameter of carbon dioxide, the calculated results were in accord with some experimental results.