Phase and interface behaviors in type-I and type-V Lennard-Jones mixtures: Theory and simulations

Andŕs Mejía, Josep C. P̀mies, Daniel Duque, Hugo Segura, Lourdes F. Vega

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Abstract

Density gradient theory (DGT) and molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations have been used to predict subcritical phase and interface behaviors in type-I and type-V equal-size Lennard-Jones mixtures. Type-I mixtures exhibit a continuum critical line connecting their pure critical components, which implies that their subcritical phase equilibria are gas liquid. Type-V mixtures are characterized by two critical lines and a heteroazeotropic line. One of the two critical lines begins at the more volatile pure component critical point up to an upper critical end point and the other one comes from the less volatile pure component critical point ending at a lower critical end point. The heteroazeotropic line connects both critical end points and is characterized by gas-liquid-liquid equilibria. Therefore, subcritical states of this type exhibit gas-liquid and gas-liquid-liquid equilibria. In order to obtain a correct characterization of the phase and interface behaviors of these types of mixtures and to directly compare DGT and MD results, the global phase diagram of equal-size Lennard-Jones mixtures has been used to define the molecular parameters of these mixtures. According to our results, DGT and MD are two complementary methodologies able to obtain a complete and simultaneous prediction of phase equilibria and their interfacial properties. For the type of mixtures analyzed here, both approaches have shown excellent agreement in their phase equilibrium and interface properties in the full concentration range.

Original languageBritish English
Article number034505
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume123
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

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