Microfluidics approach for determination of the miscibility gap of multicomponent liquid-liquid systems

Martin Hübner, Mirjana Minceva

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Abstract

The principles of microfluidics have been used to develop a novel method to determine compositions on the binodal of a biphasic system. Within this work, a sound theoretical background of the developed method is given, and its experimental applicability is shown. The method is based on a mass balance that correlates the composition of a heterogeneous, multicomponent biphasic system with the position of the phase interface in the microchannel. The proposed method was validated using a system of water, acetone, and toluene. The calculated compositions on the binodal are in a good agreement with published literature.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109971
JournalExperimental Thermal and Fluid Science
Volume112
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2020

Keywords

  • Binodal composition
  • Liquid-liquid interface
  • Parallel, laminar flow
  • Thermodynamic measurement

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