Key words: supercritical carbon dioxide, ultrafine polytetrafluoroethylene, solubility, Chrastil model, Mendez-Santjago model, Bartle model
The solubility and separation of low molecular mass fractions of ultrafine
polytetrafluoroethylene (UPTFE) in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) are
measured using static method in the temperature and pressure ranges of 318÷383 K
and 10÷70 MPa, respectively. The solubility isotherms follow the behavior typical for
«solid.supercritical fluid» systems, i.e. the solubility increases with pressure, due to
increasing of SC-CO2 pressure, and temperature. The experimental data are discussed
in terms of three different density-based models proposed by Chrastil, Bartle and
Mendez-Santjago. It was concluded that two last models well predict the shape of
experimentally observed dependences.
doi:10.1134/S1990793109070069