1268.    GRISWOLD, J., AND BUFORD, C. B.  Separation of Synthesis Mixtures.  Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Acetone-Methanol-water.  Ind. Eng. Chem., vol. 41, No. 10, 1949, pp. 2347-2351; Chem. Abs., vol. 44, 1950, p. 1788.

       Acetone and MeOH are major components of the water product obtained from hydrocarbon synthesis by the Fischer-Tropsch-type process.  Vapor-liquid equilibria of the binaries and the ternary are needed in fractionation calculations for separation and recovery of the organic compounds.  This ternary and the 3 binary boundary systems were studied completely at 760 mm. Hg pressure.  Tabular and graphic data are presented for: d²⁵₄, n²⁵_D, boiling point, and vapor-liquid equilibria for all of the systems and activity coefficients for the 3 binaries only.  No ternary azeotropes were found.