Determine the azeotropic points of the system acetone (1) - methanol (2) at 50, 100 and 150°C by the ratio of the activity coefficients and vapor pressures using the Wilson equation. To simplify the calculation, the vapor phase should be treated as ideal, although this assumption will lead to higher deviations at 150°C.
It should be noted that a correct prediction of the azeotropic behavior for this narrow boiling mixture requires a precise description of the pure component vapor pressures. This is difficult to achieve over a wide temperature range of 100 K using the Antoine equation with only three parameters. In cases like this, the extended Antoine equation or the Wagner equation are usually preferred.
Liquid molar volumes of the components:
In order to plot the the ratios of the vapor pressures and the ratio of the activity coefficients, the following functions are defined:
The values of both functions as function of composition are shown for the three different temperatures below. The azeotropic composition can be found at the intersection of same colored lines.
