Phase Equilibria and Critical Phenomena in the Potassium Nitrate-Water-Diethylamine Ternary System

Phase equilibria and critical phenomena in the potassium nitrate—water—diethylamine ternary system were studied by the visual polythermal method over the temperature range 40–150°C. The corresponding boundary binary liquid system was characterized by stratification with the lower critical temperature of solution. The introduction of potassium nitrate into the water—diethylamine system lowered its lower critical temperature of solution from 146.1 to 48.1°C and decreased the mutual solubility of the components. The diethylamine distribution coefficients between the aqueous and organic monotectic equilibrium phases at various temperatures were calculated. The effect of the salting out of diethylamine from aqueous solutions under the action of potassium nitrate was found to strengthen as the temperature increased. The constructed isotherms of the phase states of the system substantiated the generalized topological scheme of the transformation of phase diagrams of salt-binary solvent ternary systems with salting out.