METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PHASE SEPARATION TIME FOR DISCONTINUOUS LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATIONS

摘要

The application relates to a method for measuring an interfacial layer that forms during a discontinuous phase separation. Discontinuous phase separations normally occur in batch or semi-batch methods, in the course of a liquid-liquid extraction or in the course of organic syntheses of at least two immiscible liquids. The formation of the interfacial layer is tracked with a probe during the discontinuous phase separation, this probe being situated in the area of the interfacial layer being formed. The probe provides a signal that is dependent on the dispersion and location of the interfacial layer.