Oneof the areas in which thermodynamics finds an important application is in the development and design of processes for the recovery and purification of the relatively simple organic compounds. Since many such processes exploit small differences in the distribution of a number of compounds between equilibrium phases, the needs in this area are generally for quite accurate descriptions of the distributions of components between phases over some range of temperature and pressure. Indeed, the needs for accuracy are frequently great enough and the systems are complex enough that strictly theoretical means of predicting equilibria have been of limited use. As a consequence, the practice of depending primarily upon direct experimental measurement of equilibria is widespread. Since such measurements are frequently difficult, tedious, and costly, the number of measurements must be held to a minimum.