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New insights on the molecular organization of binary azeotrope at the vapor/liquid interface affected by temperature
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  • Guanlun Sun,
  • Hong Li,
  • Jian Hou,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Jinzhao Wang,
  • Zhou Lu,
  • Xin Gao
Guanlun Sun
Tianjin university

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Hong Li
National Engineering Research Ceter of Distillation Technology
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Jian Hou
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
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Hong Wang
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
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Jinzhao Wang
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
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Zhou Lu
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology
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Xin Gao
Tianjin university
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Abstract

The vapor/liquid interface plays an important role in the distillation of azeotropic mixture. The understanding of interfacial structure will allow us to improve the separation of azeotropic mixture in a rational way. Herein, we use sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to study how the interfacial molecular structure of the mixture of 1,2-butanediol and ethylene glycol depends on concentration and temperature. At 64 ℃, an obvious decline is observed in the SFG-VS intensity of this system contrast to the strong signal yield by 1,2-butanediol at 22 ℃. MD simulation results show that bulk concentration would not significantly affect the molecular orientation. But a temperature rise would make 1,2-butanediol gradually twist around its C2-O2 bond and turn to a lying orientation. This work explores the structure of azeotrope from molecular level and carves the path for the further study on the vapor/liquid interface affected by temperature.