Measurement and Prediction of Isothermal Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Properties of a Turpentine + Rosin System Using the COSMO-RS Model

The vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of components of a turpentine + rosin system were measured at 313.2 and 333.2 K using headspace gas chromatography. The thermodynamic properties of the turpentine + rosin system such as activity coefficients, total pressure, partial pressure, excess Gibbs energies, and excess enthalpies were calculated using the COSMO-RS model. The results showed that the activity coefficients were greater than 1 for all components of turpentine except for longifolene, indicating a positive deviation from Raoult's law for all components of turpentine except for longifolene. The total pressures were about 1 kPa at 313.2 K and about 3 kPa at 333.2 K. Meanwhile, the excess Gibbs energies GE and excess enthalpies HE of the system were positive, indicating that the mixing of the components of turpentine and rosin was endothermic. Moreover, the hydrogen bonding interaction energy HE(hydrogen bonding) contributed the most for the excess enthalpies HE.