Experimental Solid–Liquid Phase Equilibria of a Methyl Ester/Amide/Nitrile Ternary System by DSC

Abstract

Binary and ternary mixtures of lauric methyl ester, amide and nitrile were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, in order to determine the solid-liquid phase equilibria of this model for saturated organic systems. Eutectic mixtures were observed and followed in the ternary system, while solid-solid transitions and immiscibility phenomena were also characterized. This system is also of industrial interest for processes in the frame of biomass valorization.