Liquid-liquid equilibria for methanol + n-alkanes (C 9 to C 12 ) were determined in the temperature range (278.15 to 308.15 K), using a visual static method. Densities, refractive indices, and speeds of sound were also measured at 288.15, 298.15, and 308.15 K for acetone + n-alkane mixtures and at 298.15 and 308.15 K for methanol + n-alkane mixtures to study the temperature influence on mixing phenomena. The results were used to model liquid-liquid coexistence and derived properties trend. The calculated values based on the UNIQUAC equation were found to be similar to those based on the NRTL model. The Prigogine-Flory-Paterson theory was applied to estimate the excess molar volumes and the UNIFAC group contribution model for phase equilibria.

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The refractive indices of ternary mixtures of chlorobenzene + n-hexane (n-heptane or n-octane) have been measured at 298.15 K and at atmospheric pressure over the whole composition diagram. Parameters of polynomial equations which represent the composition dependence of physical and derived properties are gathered. The experimental refractive indices and the ternary derived properties are compared with the data obtained using several predictive semi-empirical models. The use of the Soave?Redlich?Kwong (SRK) and the Peng?Robinson (PR) cubic equations of state with the Van der Waals one-fluid mixing rule, which incorporate different combining rules to predict refractive indices on mixing, are tested against the measured results, good agrement being obtained.

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