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Papers by Ana Soto

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2020

The metaphorical adoption of the concepts of information, program and signal introduced into biol... more The metaphorical adoption of the concepts of information, program and signal introduced into biology the logic and implicit causal structure of the mathematical theories of information; this is inimical to biology. In turn, those metaphors have hindered the development of a theory of organisms by transferring the agency of organisms to natural selection and to DNA. Moreover, those metaphors introduced into biology the dualism software-hardware and a Laplacian causal structure. Instead, we propose to uphold the agency of the living by adopting three foundational principles for a theory of organisms: namely, 1) the principle of biological inertia (i.e., the default state of cells is proliferation and motility), 2) the principle of variation, and 3) the principle of organization. Keywords agency; normativity; theory of organisms; organization; variation; default state; biological inertia; organicism "… I have something of a problem with borders: in my peculiar psychic and intellectual economy borders are meant for crossing. More, they constitute irresistible lures." EFK, Refiguring Life: Metaphors of twentieth century biology.

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1998

(Vapour+liquid) equilibrium data for (ethanol+methanol+2-methoxy-2-methylbutane) were measured an... more (Vapour+liquid) equilibrium data for (ethanol+methanol+2-methoxy-2-methylbutane) were measured and compared with predictions from group-contribution methods. The experimental data were determined in a still that recycled both liquid and vapour phases, and their thermodynamic consistency was demonstrated using Wisniak's L-W test, and Wisniak and Tamir's modification of the McDermott–Ellis test. The data were correlated using the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC equations in

RSC Advances, 2015

Formulations of ionic liquids and alkalis are promising for enhanced oil recovery.

Journal of Solution Chemistry, 1998

The densities, refractive indexes, and sound velocities for mixtures of ethanol + methanol + dibu... more The densities, refractive indexes, and sound velocities for mixtures of ethanol + methanol + dibutyl ether at 25°C and atmospheric pressure, were determined and used to calculate molar volumes, molar refractions, and isentropic compressibilities. The excess molar volumes and the deviations of molar refractions and isentropic compressibilities from mole fraction and volume fraction averages, respectively, of these properties of the

Journal of Materials Science, 2015

Silver chloride nanoparticles have been successfully prepared by an easy and quick method using s... more Silver chloride nanoparticles have been successfully prepared by an easy and quick method using solely the corresponding powder material and an ionic liquid. No other precursors or volatile solvents are needed, in contrast to other synthesis methods less environmentally friendly. The obtained nanoparticles were characterised by X-ray powder diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The photocatalytic activity of the nanoparticles was tested for the degradation of industrial dyes under UV radiation. Orange II was chosen as a model dye to perform the experiments. The effect of dye concentration, catalyst loading and solution pH on this activity was studied. It was found that, in optimal conditions, a total degradation of the dye can be reached in only 30 min. The kinetic of the photodegradation followed a first-order reaction model, being proposed a possible photocatalytic reaction mechanism. The recyclability of the nanomaterial as catalyst was positively tested.

Biomedical Optics Express, 2014

An Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) system was developed and optimized to image 3D tissue engi... more An Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) system was developed and optimized to image 3D tissue engineered products based in hydrogels. We develop pre-reconstruction algorithms to get the best result from the reconstruction procedure, which include correction of the illumination and determination of sample center of rotation (CoR). Existing methods for CoR determination based on the detection of the maximum variance of reconstructed slices failed, so we develop a new CoR search method based in the detection of the variance sharpest local maximum. We show the capabilities of the system to give quantitative information of different types of hydrogels that may be useful in its characterization.

Toxicological Sciences, 2010

The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2008

Activation of steroid receptors results in global changes of gene expression patterns. Recent stu... more Activation of steroid receptors results in global changes of gene expression patterns. Recent studies showed that steroid receptors control only a portion of their target genes directly, by promoter binding. The majority of the changes are indirect, through chromatin rearrangements. The mediators that relay the hormonal signals to large-scale chromatin changes are, however, unknown. We report here that APRIN, a novel hormone-induced nuclear phosphoprotein has the characteristics of a chromatin regulator and may link endocrine pathways to chromatin. We showed earlier that APRIN is involved in the hormonal regulation of proliferative arrest in cancer cells. To investigate its function we cloned and characterized APRIN orthologs and performed homology and expression studies. APRIN is a paralog of the cohesin-associated Pds5 gene lineage and arose by gene-duplication in early vertebrates. The conservation and domain differences we found suggest, however, that APRIN acquired novel chromatin-related functions (e.g. the HMGlike domains in APRIN, the hallmarks of chromatin regulators, are absent in Pds5). We show that in interphase nuclei APRIN localizes in the euchromatin/heterochromatin interface and we also identified its DNA-binding and nuclear import signal domains. Our results indicate that APRIN, in addition to its Pds5 similarity, has the features and localization of a hormone-induced chromatin regulator.

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The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2014

Phase equilibria data for complex systems (more than three components or two phases, high pressur... more Phase equilibria data for complex systems (more than three components or two phases, high pressures, complex fluids.. .) are needed to develop thermodynamic models capable of correlating and predicting their behaviour. Along these lines, systems composed of water, oil and surfactant exhibit an interesting conduct. In this work, the (liquid + liquid) equilibria of a ternary system comprising water, n-dodecane and a surfactant ionic liquid, trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, have been determined at temperatures (298.15 or 348.15) K and atmospheric pressure. Winsor type III systems have been found without the need of adding any co-surfactant. The stability of the triphasic system with temperature has been tested. Some physical properties (density, viscosity and interfacial tension) for phases involved have been also determined. As expected, a minor surfactant character has been found for this ionic liquid rather than for the homologous with the chloride anion.

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2009

Densities, viscosities, and refractive indices at 298.15K and atmospheric pressure are reported f... more Densities, viscosities, and refractive indices at 298.15K and atmospheric pressure are reported for the binary and ternary mixtures formed by tris(2-hydroxyethyl) methylamonium methylsulfate, water, and methanol. Excess molar volumes and viscosity logarithm variations have been calculated from the physical properties of the pure compounds and their mixtures. The UNIQUAC volume and area parameters have been determined for the tris(2-hydroxyethyl) methylamonium

Synthese, 2006

For the last 50 years the dominant stance in experimental biology has been reductionism in genera... more For the last 50 years the dominant stance in experimental biology has been reductionism in general, and genetic reductionism in particular. Philosophers were the first to realize that the belief that the Mendelian genes were reduced to DNA molecules was questionable. Soon, experimental data confirmed these misgivings. The optimism of molecular biologists, fueled by early success in tackling relatively simple problems has now been tempered by the difficulties encountered when applying the same simple ideas to complex problems. We analyze three examples taken from experimental data that illustrate the shortcomings of this sort of reductionism. In the first, alterations in the expression of a large number of genes coexist with normal phenotypes at supra-cellular levels of organization; in the second, the supposed intrinsic specificity of hormonal signals is negated; in the third, the notion that cancer is a cellular problem caused by mutated genes is challenged by data gathered both from the reductionist viewpoint and the alternative view proposing that carcinogenesis is development gone awry. As an alternative to reductionism, we propose that the organicist view is a good starting point from which to explore these phenomena. However, new theoretical concepts are needed to grapple with the apparent circular causality of complex biological phenomena.

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2012

In the last century, jointly with the advent of computers, mathematical theories of information w... more In the last century, jointly with the advent of computers, mathematical theories of information were developed. Shortly thereafter, during the ascent of molecular biology, the concept of information was rapidly transferred into biology at large. Several philosophers and biologists have argued against adopting this concept based on epistemological and ontological arguments, and also, because it encouraged genetic determinism. While the theories of elaboration and transmission of information are valid mathematical theories, their own logic and implicit causal structure make them inimical to biology, and because of it, their applications have and are hindering the development of a sound theory of organisms. Our analysis concentrates on the development of information theories in mathematics and on the differences between these theories regarding the relationship among complexity, information and entropy.

Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2004

New experimental data for the density, speed of sound, and refractive index of aqueous solutions ... more New experimental data for the density, speed of sound, and refractive index of aqueous solutions of diglycine + NaCl and triglycine + NaCl have been reported. The apparent molar volume and apparent molar isentropic compressibility of these peptides at various NaCl concentrations have been calculated from the measured properties. The results show that both peptides exhibit a positive volume transfer to solutions with higher NaCl concentrations and a negative apparent isentropic compressibility in the presence of NaCl. These effects indicate that the apparent volumes of the peptide molecules are larger in solutions with higher NaCl concentrations and that the water molecules around the peptide molecules are less compressible than the water molecules in the bulk solvent. These effects are attributed to the doubly charged nature of the peptides and the interactions between the charged groups and hydrocarbon backbone of peptides with the ions.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 1999

Densities, refractive indices, and isentropic compressibility were measured for the system 1-buta... more Densities, refractive indices, and isentropic compressibility were measured for the system 1-butanol + ethanol + 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The derived excess molar volumes, deviations of molar refractions from the mole fraction average, and deviations of isentropic compressibility from the volume freaction average were correlated by the Redlich-Kister polynomial.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2001

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Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2002

Diisopropyl ether (DIPE) could be a suitable gasoline additive. In this work, we report liquid-li... more Diisopropyl ether (DIPE) could be a suitable gasoline additive. In this work, we report liquid-liquid equilibrium data for the ternary system isopropyl ether + ethanol + water at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K. The parameters for the NRTL and UNIQUAC models were obtained by fitting the thermodynamic models to the experimental data. The predictive ability of the UNIFAC method was tested.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 1997

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Green Chemistry, 2008

ABSTRACT The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ([C(2)m... more ABSTRACT The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ([C(2)mim][NTf2]) was tested as solvent for the separation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons containing 7 or 8 carbon atoms (the C-7- and C-8-fractions). The liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) of the ternary systems (heptane + toluene + [C(2)mim][NTf2]) and (octane + ethylbenzene + [C(2)mim][NTf2]), at 25 degrees C, were experimentally determined. The performance of the ionic liquid as the solvent in such systems was evaluated by means of the calculation of the solute distribution ratio and the selectivity. The results were compared to those previously reported for the extraction of benzene from its mixtures with hexane by using the same ionic liquid, therefore analysing the influence of the size of the hydrocarbons. It was found that the ionic liquid is also good for the extraction of C-7- and C-8- fraction aromatic compounds, just a greater amount of ionic liquid being needed to perform an equivalently efficient separation than for the C-6-fraction. It is also discussed how [C(2)mim][NTf2] performs comparably better than the conventional solvent sulfolane. The original 'Non-Random Two-Liquid' (NRTL) equation was used to adequately correlate the experimental LLE data.

Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2001

In this work some thermophysical properties: molar volume, molar refraction and isentropic compre... more In this work some thermophysical properties: molar volume, molar refraction and isentropic compressibility changes of mixing at 298.15K and isobaric vapour–liquid equilibrium at 101.32kPa, were determined for the 1-butanol+ethanol+2-methoxy-2-methylbutane system. Several equations were applied to correlate and to predict the experimental values. With data obtained from previous works and these we have drawn several general conclusions about the prediction of these properties for alkanol+alkanol+ether ternary systems.

Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2002

New thermophysical properties are presented for the acetonitrile+water+butyl acetate ternary syst... more New thermophysical properties are presented for the acetonitrile+water+butyl acetate ternary system and its binary constituents. Molar volume, molar refraction and isentropic compressibility changes of mixing were determined at 298.15K and correlated with the Redlich–Kister polynomial. Isobaric vapour–liquid equilibria at 101.32kPa were determined using a dynamic equilibrium apparatus. All systems verify the thermodynamic consistency and data were adequately correlated using Wilson,

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2020

The metaphorical adoption of the concepts of information, program and signal introduced into biol... more The metaphorical adoption of the concepts of information, program and signal introduced into biology the logic and implicit causal structure of the mathematical theories of information; this is inimical to biology. In turn, those metaphors have hindered the development of a theory of organisms by transferring the agency of organisms to natural selection and to DNA. Moreover, those metaphors introduced into biology the dualism software-hardware and a Laplacian causal structure. Instead, we propose to uphold the agency of the living by adopting three foundational principles for a theory of organisms: namely, 1) the principle of biological inertia (i.e., the default state of cells is proliferation and motility), 2) the principle of variation, and 3) the principle of organization. Keywords agency; normativity; theory of organisms; organization; variation; default state; biological inertia; organicism "… I have something of a problem with borders: in my peculiar psychic and intellectual economy borders are meant for crossing. More, they constitute irresistible lures." EFK, Refiguring Life: Metaphors of twentieth century biology.

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1998

(Vapour+liquid) equilibrium data for (ethanol+methanol+2-methoxy-2-methylbutane) were measured an... more (Vapour+liquid) equilibrium data for (ethanol+methanol+2-methoxy-2-methylbutane) were measured and compared with predictions from group-contribution methods. The experimental data were determined in a still that recycled both liquid and vapour phases, and their thermodynamic consistency was demonstrated using Wisniak's L-W test, and Wisniak and Tamir's modification of the McDermott–Ellis test. The data were correlated using the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC equations in

RSC Advances, 2015

Formulations of ionic liquids and alkalis are promising for enhanced oil recovery.

Journal of Solution Chemistry, 1998

The densities, refractive indexes, and sound velocities for mixtures of ethanol + methanol + dibu... more The densities, refractive indexes, and sound velocities for mixtures of ethanol + methanol + dibutyl ether at 25°C and atmospheric pressure, were determined and used to calculate molar volumes, molar refractions, and isentropic compressibilities. The excess molar volumes and the deviations of molar refractions and isentropic compressibilities from mole fraction and volume fraction averages, respectively, of these properties of the

Journal of Materials Science, 2015

Silver chloride nanoparticles have been successfully prepared by an easy and quick method using s... more Silver chloride nanoparticles have been successfully prepared by an easy and quick method using solely the corresponding powder material and an ionic liquid. No other precursors or volatile solvents are needed, in contrast to other synthesis methods less environmentally friendly. The obtained nanoparticles were characterised by X-ray powder diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The photocatalytic activity of the nanoparticles was tested for the degradation of industrial dyes under UV radiation. Orange II was chosen as a model dye to perform the experiments. The effect of dye concentration, catalyst loading and solution pH on this activity was studied. It was found that, in optimal conditions, a total degradation of the dye can be reached in only 30 min. The kinetic of the photodegradation followed a first-order reaction model, being proposed a possible photocatalytic reaction mechanism. The recyclability of the nanomaterial as catalyst was positively tested.

Biomedical Optics Express, 2014

An Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) system was developed and optimized to image 3D tissue engi... more An Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) system was developed and optimized to image 3D tissue engineered products based in hydrogels. We develop pre-reconstruction algorithms to get the best result from the reconstruction procedure, which include correction of the illumination and determination of sample center of rotation (CoR). Existing methods for CoR determination based on the detection of the maximum variance of reconstructed slices failed, so we develop a new CoR search method based in the detection of the variance sharpest local maximum. We show the capabilities of the system to give quantitative information of different types of hydrogels that may be useful in its characterization.

Toxicological Sciences, 2010

The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2008

Activation of steroid receptors results in global changes of gene expression patterns. Recent stu... more Activation of steroid receptors results in global changes of gene expression patterns. Recent studies showed that steroid receptors control only a portion of their target genes directly, by promoter binding. The majority of the changes are indirect, through chromatin rearrangements. The mediators that relay the hormonal signals to large-scale chromatin changes are, however, unknown. We report here that APRIN, a novel hormone-induced nuclear phosphoprotein has the characteristics of a chromatin regulator and may link endocrine pathways to chromatin. We showed earlier that APRIN is involved in the hormonal regulation of proliferative arrest in cancer cells. To investigate its function we cloned and characterized APRIN orthologs and performed homology and expression studies. APRIN is a paralog of the cohesin-associated Pds5 gene lineage and arose by gene-duplication in early vertebrates. The conservation and domain differences we found suggest, however, that APRIN acquired novel chromatin-related functions (e.g. the HMGlike domains in APRIN, the hallmarks of chromatin regulators, are absent in Pds5). We show that in interphase nuclei APRIN localizes in the euchromatin/heterochromatin interface and we also identified its DNA-binding and nuclear import signal domains. Our results indicate that APRIN, in addition to its Pds5 similarity, has the features and localization of a hormone-induced chromatin regulator.

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The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2014

Phase equilibria data for complex systems (more than three components or two phases, high pressur... more Phase equilibria data for complex systems (more than three components or two phases, high pressures, complex fluids.. .) are needed to develop thermodynamic models capable of correlating and predicting their behaviour. Along these lines, systems composed of water, oil and surfactant exhibit an interesting conduct. In this work, the (liquid + liquid) equilibria of a ternary system comprising water, n-dodecane and a surfactant ionic liquid, trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, have been determined at temperatures (298.15 or 348.15) K and atmospheric pressure. Winsor type III systems have been found without the need of adding any co-surfactant. The stability of the triphasic system with temperature has been tested. Some physical properties (density, viscosity and interfacial tension) for phases involved have been also determined. As expected, a minor surfactant character has been found for this ionic liquid rather than for the homologous with the chloride anion.

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2009

Densities, viscosities, and refractive indices at 298.15K and atmospheric pressure are reported f... more Densities, viscosities, and refractive indices at 298.15K and atmospheric pressure are reported for the binary and ternary mixtures formed by tris(2-hydroxyethyl) methylamonium methylsulfate, water, and methanol. Excess molar volumes and viscosity logarithm variations have been calculated from the physical properties of the pure compounds and their mixtures. The UNIQUAC volume and area parameters have been determined for the tris(2-hydroxyethyl) methylamonium

Synthese, 2006

For the last 50 years the dominant stance in experimental biology has been reductionism in genera... more For the last 50 years the dominant stance in experimental biology has been reductionism in general, and genetic reductionism in particular. Philosophers were the first to realize that the belief that the Mendelian genes were reduced to DNA molecules was questionable. Soon, experimental data confirmed these misgivings. The optimism of molecular biologists, fueled by early success in tackling relatively simple problems has now been tempered by the difficulties encountered when applying the same simple ideas to complex problems. We analyze three examples taken from experimental data that illustrate the shortcomings of this sort of reductionism. In the first, alterations in the expression of a large number of genes coexist with normal phenotypes at supra-cellular levels of organization; in the second, the supposed intrinsic specificity of hormonal signals is negated; in the third, the notion that cancer is a cellular problem caused by mutated genes is challenged by data gathered both from the reductionist viewpoint and the alternative view proposing that carcinogenesis is development gone awry. As an alternative to reductionism, we propose that the organicist view is a good starting point from which to explore these phenomena. However, new theoretical concepts are needed to grapple with the apparent circular causality of complex biological phenomena.

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2012

In the last century, jointly with the advent of computers, mathematical theories of information w... more In the last century, jointly with the advent of computers, mathematical theories of information were developed. Shortly thereafter, during the ascent of molecular biology, the concept of information was rapidly transferred into biology at large. Several philosophers and biologists have argued against adopting this concept based on epistemological and ontological arguments, and also, because it encouraged genetic determinism. While the theories of elaboration and transmission of information are valid mathematical theories, their own logic and implicit causal structure make them inimical to biology, and because of it, their applications have and are hindering the development of a sound theory of organisms. Our analysis concentrates on the development of information theories in mathematics and on the differences between these theories regarding the relationship among complexity, information and entropy.

Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2004

New experimental data for the density, speed of sound, and refractive index of aqueous solutions ... more New experimental data for the density, speed of sound, and refractive index of aqueous solutions of diglycine + NaCl and triglycine + NaCl have been reported. The apparent molar volume and apparent molar isentropic compressibility of these peptides at various NaCl concentrations have been calculated from the measured properties. The results show that both peptides exhibit a positive volume transfer to solutions with higher NaCl concentrations and a negative apparent isentropic compressibility in the presence of NaCl. These effects indicate that the apparent volumes of the peptide molecules are larger in solutions with higher NaCl concentrations and that the water molecules around the peptide molecules are less compressible than the water molecules in the bulk solvent. These effects are attributed to the doubly charged nature of the peptides and the interactions between the charged groups and hydrocarbon backbone of peptides with the ions.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 1999

Densities, refractive indices, and isentropic compressibility were measured for the system 1-buta... more Densities, refractive indices, and isentropic compressibility were measured for the system 1-butanol + ethanol + 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The derived excess molar volumes, deviations of molar refractions from the mole fraction average, and deviations of isentropic compressibility from the volume freaction average were correlated by the Redlich-Kister polynomial.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2001

ABSTRACT

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2002

Diisopropyl ether (DIPE) could be a suitable gasoline additive. In this work, we report liquid-li... more Diisopropyl ether (DIPE) could be a suitable gasoline additive. In this work, we report liquid-liquid equilibrium data for the ternary system isopropyl ether + ethanol + water at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K. The parameters for the NRTL and UNIQUAC models were obtained by fitting the thermodynamic models to the experimental data. The predictive ability of the UNIFAC method was tested.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 1997

ABSTRACT

Green Chemistry, 2008

ABSTRACT The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ([C(2)m... more ABSTRACT The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ([C(2)mim][NTf2]) was tested as solvent for the separation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons containing 7 or 8 carbon atoms (the C-7- and C-8-fractions). The liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) of the ternary systems (heptane + toluene + [C(2)mim][NTf2]) and (octane + ethylbenzene + [C(2)mim][NTf2]), at 25 degrees C, were experimentally determined. The performance of the ionic liquid as the solvent in such systems was evaluated by means of the calculation of the solute distribution ratio and the selectivity. The results were compared to those previously reported for the extraction of benzene from its mixtures with hexane by using the same ionic liquid, therefore analysing the influence of the size of the hydrocarbons. It was found that the ionic liquid is also good for the extraction of C-7- and C-8- fraction aromatic compounds, just a greater amount of ionic liquid being needed to perform an equivalently efficient separation than for the C-6-fraction. It is also discussed how [C(2)mim][NTf2] performs comparably better than the conventional solvent sulfolane. The original 'Non-Random Two-Liquid' (NRTL) equation was used to adequately correlate the experimental LLE data.

Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2001

In this work some thermophysical properties: molar volume, molar refraction and isentropic compre... more In this work some thermophysical properties: molar volume, molar refraction and isentropic compressibility changes of mixing at 298.15K and isobaric vapour–liquid equilibrium at 101.32kPa, were determined for the 1-butanol+ethanol+2-methoxy-2-methylbutane system. Several equations were applied to correlate and to predict the experimental values. With data obtained from previous works and these we have drawn several general conclusions about the prediction of these properties for alkanol+alkanol+ether ternary systems.

Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2002

New thermophysical properties are presented for the acetonitrile+water+butyl acetate ternary syst... more New thermophysical properties are presented for the acetonitrile+water+butyl acetate ternary system and its binary constituents. Molar volume, molar refraction and isentropic compressibility changes of mixing were determined at 298.15K and correlated with the Redlich–Kister polynomial. Isobaric vapour–liquid equilibria at 101.32kPa were determined using a dynamic equilibrium apparatus. All systems verify the thermodynamic consistency and data were adequately correlated using Wilson,