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In this study the solubility of α-form l-glutamic acid in the six organic solvents methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, acetone, formic acid, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was measured by a static analytic method. The measurements were carried out over the temperature range 278–355 K at around 5 K intervals, and the equilibrium concentration was determined by the gravimetric method. The experimental results show that formic acid has the highest solubility to α-form l-glutamic acid while the other solvents have the solubility order water, acetone, 1-propanol, ethanol, methanol, DMSO, and acetic acid. The hypothetical enthalpy of fusion and melting temperature of l-glutamic acid are estimated. Several commonly used thermodynamic models, including the empirical van’t Hoff equation and the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC equations, were applied to correlate the experimental solubility data. The binary interaction parameters of the above models are found to have a linear dependency on temperature, and the coefficients were regressed. It was found that all these models can satisfactorily reproduce the experimental solubility and the UNIQUAC equation can provide the best correlation results with an overall standard deviation of 2.7 × 10–5.

The solubilities of 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid (isophthalic acid) in water, acetic acid, and acetic acid + water solutions with mass fractions of acetic acid on a solute-free basis of 0.2056, 0.4083, and 0.6082, respectively, were measured. The concentration of the solution was determined by a gravimetrical method. The measured solubility of isophthalic acid in water agrees with that reported in the literature. The logarithm of the solubility data shows good linearity against temperature.

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To study the possibility of using ionic liquids (ILs) as a novel solvent for the absorption of hydrogen chloride (HCl) from the industrial tail gases, the solubility of HCl gas in three ILs has been measured at four temperatures, (298.15, 323.15, 348.15, and 363.15) K, in the pressure range of (0 to 100) kPa. The ILs used are 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Bmim]Cl), 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Hmim]Cl), and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Omim]Cl). The results indicate that these ILs show high solubility for HCl gas, and the solubility decreases with the increasing length of the alkyl substitutes of the ILs, following the order [Bmim]Cl > [Hmim]Cl > [Omim]Cl. The solubility of HCl in [Bmim]Cl at 298.15 K is about 0.68 mole fraction at ca. 100 kPa partial pressure of HCl, which is much higher than that of 36.5 % HCl aqueous solution. The solubility of different ILs is discussed in detail, and the experimental data (P−T−x) are correlated successfully by an empirical relation.

The bulk phase behavior of heavy oil + alkane mixtures and the behavior of the asphaltenes that they contain are topics of importance for the design and optimization of processes for petroleum production, transport, and refining and for performing routine saturates, aromatics, resins, and asphaltenes (SARA) analyses. In prior studies, partial phase diagrams and phase behavior models for Athabasca vacuum residue (AVR) comprising 32 wt % pentane asphaltenes + n-alkanes were reported. For mixtures with pentane, observed phase behaviors included single-phase liquid as well as liquid−liquid, liquid−liquid−vapor, and liquid−liquid−liquid−vapor regions. Dispersed solids were detected under some conditions as well but not quantified. In this work, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is used to study nanostructured materials in liquid phases present in AVR + npentane mixtures from 50 to 170 °C at mixture bubble pressure. The investigation focuses on the impact of the transition from a single AVR-rich liquid to co-existing pentane-rich and AVR-rich liquids on the nanostructure and the nanostructures most resistant to aggregation as the pentane composition axis is approached. Background scattering subtraction was performed using global mixture composition. The robustness of this assumption with respect to values obtained for coefficients appearing in a two level Beaucage unified equation fit is demonstrated. The nanostructured material is shown to arise at two length scales from 1 to 100 wt % AVR. Smaller nanostructures possess mean radii less than 50 Å, while the larger nanostructures possess mean radii greater than 250 Å. The addition of pentane to the AVR causes an increasingly large fraction of the large and small nanostructures to grow in size. Only nanostructures resistant to aggregation remain in the pentane-rich phase as the 0 wt % AVR axis is approached. Step changes in aggregation identified from changes in average radius of gyration, scattering coefficients, and surface/volume ratios arise at the liquid−vapor to liquid−liquid−vapor transition (∼40 wt % pentane) and within the liquid− liquid−vapor region (∼90 wt % pentane). The temperature is shown to have a limited effect on the mean size and structure of the nanostructured material present, irrespective of global composition.