ChemENG_Help Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) 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 February 18, 2012 by ChemENG_Help
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) Is this a homework question? Edited February 18, 2012 by hypervalent_iodine
John Cuthber Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 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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