The_Duke_of_Kent (Stranger) 05-15-04 03:49 No 507253				Nitroethane / Ethyl Acetate Separation
						Can anyone forsee a problem with separating nitroethane from a mixture with ethyl acetate (or formate) and methanol by fractional distillation? The boiling points are fairly different. I don't know how to estimate the BP of the azeotrope. Do I just collect the fraction coming over at the BP of nitroethane? The composition is: 35 % nitroethane; 60 % ethyl acetate; 5 % methanol Edited title HRH Field Marshal Prince Edward, KG, GCMG, GCVO, Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews.