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Bjarne Johansson1, Rauno Friman, Hannele Hakanpää-Laitinen
1Center of Excellence for Functional Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland.
Abstract:
The total combinatory Gibbs free energy was successfully used to model the solubility of two purified asphaltenes in pure and mixed solvents, as well as the precipitation of asphaltenes from mixed solvents. Intrinsic viscosity and aggregate size both sensitively reflected the state of the asphaltenes in homogeneous solution and were used for determining the solubility parameters of the asphaltenes. Phase separation was clearly reflected by a dramatic increase in aggregate size. The interaction parameter was subdivided into enthalpy and entropy contributions. All parameters indicate an extensive association or phase transition when the phase boundary was followed by simultaneously varying the temperature and the solubility parameter of the solvent. However, the interaction parameter is frequently derived in two ways. We show that, depending on the definition, the enthalpy and entropy contributions lead to conflicting results. These were evaluated on thermodynamic grounds.
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