Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
6-30-1963
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Joseph Joffe
Second Advisor
Michael Frederick
Third Advisor
Saul I. Kreps
Abstract
The viscosity for the ternary system benzene-ethanol-acetic acid, has been determined. The viscosity maximum shown in the ethanol-acetic acid system is clearly distinguished in the ternary system as well. The viscosity minima which occur in the benzene-ethanol, and benzene-acetic acid systems are too slight to be readily apparent in the ternary system.
The ternary system viscosity was determined at temperatures of 20, 25, and 30° C. The effect of increasing the temperature from 20° C for the ternary system was to produce corresponding curves of lower viscosity. The maximum viscosity noted in the ternary system as well as the maximum and minima observed in the three binary systems, which comprise the ternary, showed no displacement with increasing temperature.
A number of published equations which mathematically predict the viscosity of a given system were applied to this system. None of these accurately predicted any one of the three binary systems used in this study. No relationship was found to predict the ternary system.
Recommended Citation
Schetelich, Alan Alvin, "Viscosity of a three component system : benzene-ethanol-acetic acid at 20 degrees C., 25 degrees C., and 30 degrees C" (1963). Theses. 2917.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2917
