Solubility of oxygen, carbon dioxide and water in semifluorinated alkanes and in perfluorooctylbromide by molecular simulation

J. Deschamps, M. F. Costa Gomes, Agilio A.H. Pádua

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Abstract

Solubilities of oxygen, carbon dioxide and water in substituted fluorocarbons perfluoroctylethane (PFOE), perfluorohexylethane (PFHE), perfluorohexylhexane (PFHH) and perfluoroalkylbromide (PFOB) were studied by computer simulation, between 293 and 313 K at 1 bar. The solubilities do not show a marked temperature dependence, are similar in all solvents and have values of the order of 4×10-3 for oxygen, 2×10-2 for carbon dioxide and 3×10-6 for water, in mole fraction. The gases are slightly less soluble in PFHE when compared with the other solvents, whereas water is slightly more soluble in this liquid. The solubilities were obtained from Henry's law coefficients, in turn derived from residual chemical potentials of the solutes at infinite dilution obtained by molecular simulation techniques using full atomistic force fields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)409-413
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Fluorine Chemistry
Volume125
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Molecular simulation
  • Oxygen
  • Perfluorohexylethane
  • Perfluorohexylhexane
  • Perfluorooctylbromide
  • Perfluorooctylethane
  • Semifluorinated alkanes
  • Solubility
  • Water

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