Volumetric properties of carbon dioxide plus ethanol at high pressures

The volumetric properties of carbon dioxide + ethanol mixtures have been determined at 323, 348, 373, 398, and 423 K at pressures up to 70 MPa using a variable-volume view cell. Densities for pure components and mixtures containing 90, 80, 70, and 50% by mass carbon dioxide are reported as a function of pressure at each temperature. It is shown that this system undergoes a density crossover at high pressures with each composition, a phenomenon previously reported also for mixtures of carbon dioxide + pentane, carbon dioxide + toluene, and carbon dioxide + acetone. In the composition range investigated, the excess volume of the mixtures becomes more positive with increasing pressure but more negative with increasing temperature.