Liquid
to vapor–liquid, liquid–liquid to vapor–liquid–liquid,
and liquid to liquid–liquid transition pressures of (α-olefin
+ n-hexane + LLDPE) systems were measured using a
newly constructed and verified synthetic-visual high-pressure cell
and metallocene linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE: M̅
w = 199 kg·mol–1, M̅
w/M̅
n = 2.62, 2.56 mol
% 1-hexene). New phase behavior data are reported for a quasibinary
(n-hexane + LLDPE) system at polymer mass percentages
of w
P = (0.5–5) wt % and quasiternary
(α-olefin + n-hexane + LLDPE) systems for w
P = 3 wt % and polymer-free α-olefin mass
percentages of up to 3 wt % ethylene, 20 wt % 1-butene, 100 wt % 1-hexene,
30 wt % 1-octene, and 30 wt % 1-decene. The reported data span temperatures
of T = (380–470) K and pressures of P = (0.5–13) MPa. They show that (i) transition temperatures
and pressures change linearly with α-olefin mass fraction in
the solvent; (ii) the C2 to C6 α-olefins
decrease, and the C8 to C10 α-olefins
increase the transition temperatures; and (iii) ethylene has a significant
antisolvency effect. The measured data are correlated and predicted
successfully with the modified Sanchez–Lacombe equation of
state.