The vapor–liquid
equilibrium (VLE) of components of a turpentine
+ rosin system were measured at 313.2 and 333.2 K using headspace
gas chromatography. The thermodynamic properties of the turpentine
+ rosin system such as activity coefficients, total pressure, partial
pressure, excess Gibbs energies, and excess enthalpies were calculated
using the COSMO-RS model. The results showed that the activity coefficients
were greater than 1 for all components of turpentine except for longifolene,
indicating a positive deviation from Raoult’s law for all components
of turpentine except for longifolene. The total pressures were about
1 kPa at 313.2 K and about 3 kPa at 333.2 K. Meanwhile, the excess
Gibbs energies
G
E
and excess enthalpies
H
E
of the system were positive, indicating that
the mixing of the components of turpentine and rosin was endothermic.
Moreover, the hydrogen bonding interaction energy
H
E
(hydrogen bonding) contributed the most for the excess
enthalpies
H
E
.