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The static sorption capsule technique has now been applied
to the measurement of vapor-liquid equilibria in ternary systems
consisting of a polymer, high-pressure gas and cosolvent. To
carry out the analysis without knowing the vapor phase
composition, assumptions were made regarding the cosolvent
distribution between the liquid and vapor phases. These
assumptions were shown to be justified by using the groupcontribution
lattice-fluid theory equation of state (GCLF-EoS).
Experiments were performed on the systems PMMA-CO2-
cyclopentane and PMMA-CO2-methanol. The cosolvents were
chosen based on their predicted ability to enhance CO2 solubility in
the polymer. The enhancement measured agreed in general with
the predictions of the GCLF-EoS. |
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