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Best way to separate liquid mixture of glycerol (GLY), water (H2O) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent considering that THF and H2O form an azeotrope?


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I have a liquid mixture of glycerol (GLY), water (H2O) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent. The weight fractions are about 66.41% : 21.88% : 11.71% of GLY : H2O : THF.

 

What distillation methods are best to separate these liquids into their pure components. I would like GLY to be >99% wt. pure.

 

The H2O and THF each can be > 95% wt% pure.

 

Would simple distillation work?

Edited by ChemENG_Help
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I'd like to think that the people who set homework questions don't go for the sort of spurious accuracy in the OP.

 

ChemEng, do you know that THF doesn't mix well with salt water?

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