The main propose or this work was the experimental determination or the excess Gibbs free energy or binary systems of the hydrocarbon/alcohol type. The criteria used for selection of the systems included the expansion or experimental information about, the excess Gibbs free energy and a systematic study of its behaviour with regard to temperature variation and modification in the hydrocarbon chain. The excess Gibbs free energy was determined through isotermal measures or vapor/liquid phase equilíbria. A ¿FISCHER¿ recirculating still,which is a commercial version of the Stage-Muller recirculating still (1961), was used for collecting experimental data. In order to test, the performance of the equipament the vapor pressure curves for ethanol and water in the range 13 to 107 kPa and the vapor/liquid equilibrium Data for the cyclohexane/toluene system at 323,15 K,were determined. The collected data were compared w1t,h literature results. The sstems,cyclohexane/2-butanol and n-hexane/2-butanol were studied at 323,15, 338,15 and 348,15 K. All experimental data were tested with regard to thermodynamic consistency. The excess Gibbs free energy experimental data were correlated through the UNIQUAC associated solution theory, and the UNIQUAC equation. In order to decrease the number of adjustable parameters, two modifications were proposed to the UNIQUAC associated solution theory.
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