Team:ETH Zurich/xylene

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Revision as of 07:53, 27 October 2011

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How we calculated the concentration of m-xylene in the medium...

1. We assumed that 5 ml xylene is enough to saturate the gas phase in the Erlenmeyer flask.

The vapor pressure was calculated at 37 °C:
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with the following C1-C5 values:
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2. The Henry´s constant at 37 °C can be calculated by the Van´t Hoff equation from the literature value at 25°C

Henry constante.png


3. By Henry´s law we calculated the concentration of xylene in the medium

Henry law.png


4. For the oil/xylene mixtures we used Raoult's law

Raoult's law.png