Table 90

Acetone and Water

Rectifying Column

Acetone content, weight per cent of liquid and vapour on each plate of a column to produce 10 kilo. acetone 99.75 per cent by weight. The amount of heat abstracted in the condensers being 1500, 3000, 5000 great calories.

Number of plate from the top.

Acetone in liquid.

Weight per cent.

Acetone in vapour.

Weight per cent.

Acetone in liquid. Weight per cent.

Acetone in vapour.

Weight per cent.

Acetone in liquid.

Weight per cent.

Acetone in vapour.

Weight per cent.

1500 calories.

3000 calories.

5000 calories.

99.5

99.75

99.5

99.75

99.5

99.75

1

99

99.5

99

99.5

99

99.5

2

98.75

99.4

98.6

99.3

98.5

99.25

3

98.6

99.3

97.9

98.98

96.6

98.3

4

98.27

99.11

96.9

98.48

94.5

97.39

5

97.9

98.98

95.75

97.87

86.5

95.83

6

97.0

98.5

93.1

97.06

26

90.03

7

96.1

98.13

83

95.53

4.66

60.46

8

95.6

97.78

24.6

89.63

3.7

53.07

9

95.2

97.6

18.3

86.56

3.6

52.5

10

94.2

97.3

6.1

67.81

11

93

97

5.5

65.13

12

921

96.89

13

88.25

96.09

14

69.1

94.56

15

22

88.48

16

11

80.1

17

10.75

79.5

18

10.4

78.95