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Horinek, Dominik ; Cölfen, Helmut ; Rosenberg, Rose ; Haffke, Dirk ; Stemplinger, Simon ; Zemb, Thomas

Two Types of Liquid Phase Separation Induced by Soft Centrifugation in Aqueous Ethyl Acetate Using Ethanol as Cosolvent

Horinek, Dominik , Cölfen, Helmut, Rosenberg, Rose, Haffke, Dirk, Stemplinger, Simon and Zemb, Thomas (2023) Two Types of Liquid Phase Separation Induced by Soft Centrifugation in Aqueous Ethyl Acetate Using Ethanol as Cosolvent. Research 6, Article ID: 0026.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 20 Jan 2023 11:02
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.53575


Abstract

Water/ethyl acetate/ethanol is widely used as a "green" extractant system. We show that 2 different types of phase separation can be induced upon centrifugation in this ternary system using ethanol as a cosolvent of water and ethyl acetate: centrifuge-induced criticality and centrifuge-induced emulsification. The expected composition profiles of samples after centrifugation can be represented by ...

Water/ethyl acetate/ethanol is widely used as a "green" extractant system. We show that 2 different types of phase separation can be induced upon centrifugation in this ternary system using ethanol as a cosolvent of water and ethyl acetate: centrifuge-induced criticality and centrifuge-induced emulsification. The expected composition profiles of samples after centrifugation can be represented by bent lines in a ternary phase diagram when gravitational energy is added to the free energy of mixing. The experimental equilibrium composition profiles behave qualitatively as expected and can be predicted using a phenomenological theory of mixing. The concentration gradients are small except near the critical point, as expected for small molecules. Nevertheless, they are usable when accompanied by temperature cycles. These findings open new possibilities of centrifugal separation, even if control is delicate during temperature cycles. These schemes are accessible even at relatively low centrifugation speed for molecules that float and sediment with apparent molar masses several hundred times larger than the molecular mass.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleResearch
Publisher:AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Place of Publication:WASHINGTON
Volume:6
Page Range:Article ID: 0026
Date16 January 2023
InstitutionsChemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry VI - Physical Chemistry (Solution Chemistry) > Prof. Dr. Dominik Horinek
Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry VI - Physical Chemistry (Solution Chemistry) > Prof. Dr. Dominik Horinek
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10.34133/research.0026DOI
KeywordsMULTIWAVELENGTH DETECTOR; ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; SCATTERING; MIXTURES; WATER;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-535754
Item ID53575

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