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Azeotrope Tables - Wikipedia
Azeotrope Tables - Wikipedia
Azeotrope Tables - Wikipedia
This page contains tables of azeotrope data for various binary and ternary mixtures of solvents. The data
include the composition of a mixture by weight (in binary azeotropes, when only one fraction is given, it is
the fraction of the second component), the boiling point (b.p.) of a component, the boiling point of a
mixture, and the specific gravity of the mixture. Boiling points are reported at a pressure of 760 mm Hg
unless otherwise stated. Where the mixture separates into layers, values are shown for upper (U) and lower
(L) layers.
The data were obtained from Lange's 10th edition[1] and CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th
edition[2] unless otherwise noted (see color code table).
A list of 15825 binary and ternary mixtures was collated and published by the American Chemical
Society.[3] An azeotrope databank is also available online through the University of Edinburgh.[4]
Binary azeotropes
Data source color code
CRC & Lange's CRC only Lange's only other (see references)
ethanol 78.4 78.1 95.5 0.804 ethyl acetate 77.1 71.8 69.2 0.863
95.9
U
carbon U 0.03
76.8 66.8 1.000
tetrachloride L
L Binary azeotropes of methanol, b.p.=64.7 °C
99.97
1.597
b.p.
b.p. of
of % by spef.
99.6 U 2nd Component mixture
methylene comp. weight grav
40.0 38.8 U 2.0 1.009 (˚C)
chloride (˚C)
99.9 L
1.328 with various esters
with various esters methyl acetate 57.0 53.8 81.3 0.908
ethyl acetate 77.1 62.3 56 0.846
91.9 U
ethyl acetate 77.1 70.4 U 96.7 0.907 ethyl formate 54.1 51.0 84
L 8.7 L
0.999 with various hydrocarbons
methyl acetate 57.0 56.1 95.0 0.940 benzene 80.2 58.3 60.5 0.844
n-propyl
101.6 94.2 47
acetate
cyclohexane 80.8 74 80
carbon
76.8 72.3 88.5 1.450
tetrachloride
ethylene
83.7 79.9 82
chloride
mesitylene[16] 164.6 118 3.6 methyl ethyl ketone 79.0 77.5 68 0.800
ethylene
131.7 94.7 48.5
bromide
Binary azeotropes of glycerol, b.p.=291.0 °C
n-propyl b.p. of b.p. of
46.7 45.6 92 2nd % by spef.
chloride comp. mixture
Component weight grav
(˚C) (˚C)
isopropyl
34.8 34.7 98.5
chloride diphenyl 254.9 243.8 45
n-propyl naphthalene 218.1 215.2 90
71.0 64.7 73
bromide
isopropyl
59.4 56.0 86
bromide
Binary azeotropes of acetone, b.p.=56.5 °C
with various other solvents
b.p. of b.p. of
carbon disulfide 46.3 42.6 83 % by spef.
2nd Component comp. mixture
weight grav
(˚C) (˚C)
cyclohexane 80.74 77.8 45.0 0.834 ethyl iodide 56.5 55.0 40.0
carbon disulfide 46.2 methyl ethyl ketone 79.6 45.9 84.7 15.3 1.157
Ternary azeotropes
Tables of various ternary azeotropes (that is azeotropes consisting of three components). Fraction
percentages are given by weight.
Data source color code
CRC & Lange's CRC only Lange's only other (see references)
methyl ethyl
79.6 73.2 11.0 14.0 75.0 0.832
ketone
5 11 84
carbon U U U 0.1 U
n-propanol 97.2 76.8 65.4
tetrachloride 84.9 15.0 L 0.979
L 1.0 L 11.0 88.0 L 1.436
diethyl ketone 102.2 81.2 20 20 60
38.2
13.1 48.7
U
U 8.5 U U
toluene 110.6 76.3 38.2
L 53.3 0.845
L
61.0 L 1.0 L 0.930
38.0
5 5 90
U 0.5 U 3.6 U U
n-hexane 69.0 59.7
L L 95.9 0.668
64.4 34.8 L 0.8 L 0.964
8.6 9.2 82.2
U 0.6 U 8.7 U U
benzene 80.2 68.2
L L 90.7 0.877
allyl alcohol 97.0 80.9 17.7 L 0.4 L 0.985
11
5 84
U
carbon U U 2.7 U
76.8 65.2 25.6
tetrachloride 71.7 L 0.777
L
L 0.8 89.1 L 1.464
10.1
acetonitrile 82.0 66.0 8.2 68.5 23.3
81.0 15.0
4.0
U U
U U
methanol 64.65 52.6 32.0 41.0
27.0 1.022
chloroform 61.2 L L
L 3.0 L 1.399
83.0 14.0
acetone 56.5 methyl acetate 57.0 53.7 17.4 5.8 76.8 0.898
cyclohexane 81.4 51.5 16.0 43.5 40.5
‡
Saddle azeotrope
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